# 広 wide

(cave) + ム (moocow)
★★★★★
5 strokes
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## Onyomi

KOU |

## Mnemonic

| Your mom's COLON is like a cave- so wide it can even accommodate a whole moocow. ohhhh shiiii-- you just got served!! お前が終わったね!

## Kunyomi

ひろ*い | wide, spacious (can be used about interiors but also outside spaces) ★★★★★
( を ) ひろ＊げる | to spread or widen (to spread a blanket on a bed, to widen a street, open one's arms). Like the related term 拡張 (かくちょう）, but 広げる is only in 2 dimensions, I guess. ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

広告(こうこく) | advertisement ★★★☆☆ 広 (wide) + 告 (inform) = 広告 (advertisement) an advertisement - although nowadays people use the Japlish word シーエム (CM, short for 'commercial.')
広島(ひろしま) | Hiroshima. ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN 広 (wide) + 島 (island) = 広島 (Hiroshima.)

## Used In

- 拡

## Synonyms

enlarge, extend 拡張 広げる 拡げる 拡大