Character: 廣
Modern (Beijing) reading: guǎng
Preclassic Old Chinese: kʷāŋʔ
Classic Old Chinese: kwā́ŋ
Western Han Chinese: kwā́ŋ
Eastern Han Chinese: kwā́ŋ
Early Postclassic Chinese: kwā́ŋ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kwā́ŋ
Late Postclassic Chinese: kwā́ŋ
Middle Chinese: kwấŋ
English meaning : be extensive, wide, broad, vast
Russian meaning[s]: 1) широкий, обширный; 2) сокр. пров. Гуандун; пров. Гуанси; г. Кантон; 3) Гуан (фамилия); [guàng] 1) ширина; в ширину; 2) с востока на запад; 3) расширять(ся)
Shuowen gloss: 殿之大屋也.從#.黃聲.
Comments: Viet. quãng is a colloquial loan (with a modified meaning: 'space, distance'); standard Sino-Viet. is qua`ng.
Radical: 53
Four-angle index: 8149
Karlgren code: 0707 h-k
Vietnamese reading: quãng
Shijing occurrences: 9.1_, 9.2_, 9.3_
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