What is the Kanji for "Expand" and "Broaden"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Expand" and "Broaden", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Expand" and "Broaden" is "拡".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Hiro".

Its onyomi reading is "Kaku".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "扌" means "Hand" . And The kanji "広" means "Wide" and can be read as "Kou" and "Hiro".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "拡" mean in japanese?

"拡" means "Expand" and "Broaden".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Sixth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

拡大: "Expansion". The verbal noun '拡大 (かくだい)' means 'expansion'. It refers to the act of making something larger in size, scope, or influence. This can apply to physical objects, but also to abstract concepts like a business, an area of study, or one's influence. For example: The company plans to expand its operations - (その会社は事業を拡大する計画です). The city has undergone significant expansion in recent years - (その街は近年大きく拡大した).

拡張: "Expansion". The verbal noun '拡張 (かくちょう)' means 'expansion'. It refers to the act of making something larger in size, scope or capacity. This word is often used in the context of growing a business, extending a product/service, or increasing the reach of something. Example sentences: The company is planning an expansion into new markets - (同社は新市場への拡張を計画している). The software update included an expansion of the program's functionality - (そのソフトウェアのアップデートにより、その機能が拡張された).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "か" is read as "ka". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "ひ" is read as "hi". And The hiragana "ろ" is read as "ro".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.