# 拡 to expand

(handleft) + 広 (wide)
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8 strokes
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90% the same as regular 広げる. BUT, 拡げる-with-aー手 has one special meaning which 広げる-with-noー手 does NOT have: to expand your markets overseas, to expand your territory, to expand the circulation of your newspaper.

## Onyomi

KAKU |

## Mnemonic

| Use your hands to enlarge the opening, widen it, and then stick some COCKS in it. Oh my god that is not family-oriented.

## Kunyomi

ひろ*がる | to spread or extend. . . ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

拡張(かくちょう) | enlarge ★☆☆☆☆ 拡 (to expand) + 張 (stretch) = 拡張 (enlarge) to extend or physically enlarge a thing (an extended family, enlarge the factory).
拡大(かくだい) | zoom in / escalate ★☆☆☆☆ 拡 (to expand) + 大 (big) = 拡大 (zoom in / escalate) Literally it means to zoom in on or magnify. Figuratively it means to escalate (a conflict) or scale-up (a buildup of some sort)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
仏 | Buddha | PERSON | 人
私 | me / private | WHEAT |
拡 | to expand | WIDE | 広
払 | pay | HAND | 手

Buddha is a PERSON.

I myself cut the WHEAT.

You enlarge something by making it WIDER.

I use my HAND to pay.

## Synonyms

enlarge, extend 拡張 広げる 拡げる 拡大