広 wide

Also: broad

On'yomi: コウ
Kun'yomi: ひろ-い、ひろ-がる
Strokes: 5
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): ひろ-い.

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5

広 is written in 5 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Under a huge lean-to roof 广 there is just one tiny private thing 厶 — all that empty floor makes the space feel wide and broad.

A common word

広いひろい wide

Example sentences

この部屋は広いですね。
このへやはひろいですね。
This room is spacious, isn't it?
広い公園で子どもが遊んでいます。
ひろいこうえんでこどもがあそんでいます。
Children are playing in the big park.

Don't confuse it with

玄 mysterious N1

Kanji that share a part

广 is its radical. 27 kanji share it in all.

店 shop
度 degree
座 sit
応 respond N3
席 seat N3
庭 courtyard N3
庁 government office N2
床 bed N2

厶 is a component. 20 kanji share it in all.