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曠 — 19 strokes / Radical「日」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 19 strokes / Radical「日」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
あきらか・むな.しいakiraka · muna.shii
Meaning
vast and empty

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sun 日 with 廣 "wide" as phonetic: a wide field open to the sun; also empty and vain.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 曠野こうや

    a vast plain

  • 曠日こうじつ

    idling the days away

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

曠野(こうや)をひたすら西(にし)へ進(すす)んだ。

They pressed westward across the vast plain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

曠日曠野曠日sun野field旰sunset旱drough…旻the au…昊the va…昃the su…亢high扣to kno…伉to mat…芒an awn扛to lif…
CompoundRadicalReading

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