# 擴

| 擴 | U+64F4, &#25844; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64F4 |
| ← 擳 [U+64F3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 擵 → [U+64F5] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 擴 |
| Shinjitai | 拡 |
| Simplified | 扩 |

### Han character

擴 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 手戈廿金 (QITC), four-corner 5008$_6$, composition ⿰扌廣)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 461, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12895
* Dae Jaweon: page 810, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1975, character 6
* Unihan data for U+64F4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 僙 | *kʷaːŋ |
| 廣 | *kʷaːŋʔ |
| 鄺 | *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ |
| 懬 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ |
| 爌 | *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ |
| 曠 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 矌 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 壙 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 纊 | *kʰʷaːŋs |
| 黃 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 璜 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 潢 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs |
| 簧 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 癀 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 鱑 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 獚 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 蟥 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 趪 | *ɡʷaːŋ |
| 櫎 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ |
| 擴 | *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ |
| 瀇 | *qʷaːŋʔ |
| 獷 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 觵 | *kʷraːŋ |
| 礦 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 鑛 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 穬 | *kʷraːŋʔ |
| 橫 | *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ |
| 黌 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 鐄 | *ɡʷraːŋ |
| 嚝 | *qʰʷraːŋ |
| 彉 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
| 彍 | *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ) – to stretch or enlarge with hands.

### Etymology

Compared by Luce (1981) to Burmese ခင်း (hkang:, “to spread, roll out”), though there are phonetic problems, particularly with the final consonants.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kuò (kuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kwok$^3$ / gwok$^3$ / kwong$^3$ / kong$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khok
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kog$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): guóh
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kuag$^4$ / kuang$^3$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$khueq / $^7$khoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
*** Wade–Giles: kʻuo$^4$
*** Yale: kwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
*** Palladius: ко (ko)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kwok$^3$ / gwok$^3$ / kwong$^3$ / kong$^3$
*** Yale: kwok / gwok / kwong / kong
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kwok$^8$ / gwok$^8$ / kwong$^3$ / kong$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kuog$^3$ / guog$^3$ / kuong$^3$ / kong$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷʰɔːk̚³/, /kʷɔːk̚³/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khok
*** Hakka Romanization System: kog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰok̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰɔk̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: guóh
*** Sinological IPA : /kuɔʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok
*** Tâi-lô: khok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qog
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kuag$^4$ / kuang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuak / khuàng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰuak̚²/, /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$khueq
*** MiniDict: khueh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$khueq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuəʔ⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^7$khoq
*** MiniDict: khoh$^入$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰoʔ⁴³/
* Middle Chinese: hwangH
Rime :
| Character | 擴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (102) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 乎曠切 |
| Baxter | hwangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣwɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷʰˤak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaːŋs/, /*kʰʷaːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 擴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | kuò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ khwak › |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷʰˁak/ |
| English | widen |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 擴 | 擴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5390 | 5407 |
| Phonetic component | 黄 | 黄 |
| Rime group | 陽 | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 攩 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷlaːŋs/ | /*kʰʷaːɡ/ |
| Notes | 同攩 | 見孟子 |

### Definitions

擴
* to expand; to enlarge; to stretch
    擴充／扩充 ― kuòchōng ― to enlarge

### Compounds

* 彩擴／彩扩 (cǎikuò)
* 擴充／扩充 (kuòchōng)
* 擴充解釋／扩充解释
* 擴分／扩分
* 擴印／扩印 (kuòyìn)
* 擴及／扩及
* 擴增／扩增 (kuòzēng)
* 擴大／扩大 (kuòdà)
* 擴大機／扩大机
* 擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
* 擴建／扩建 (kuòjiàn)
* 擴張／扩张 (kuòzhāng)
* 擴張戰果／扩张战果
* 擴散／扩散 (kuòsàn)
* 擴散作用／扩散作用
* 擴權／扩权 (kuòquán)
* 擴編／扩编
* 擴胸器／扩胸器
* 擴軍／扩军 (kuòjūn)
* 擴音／扩音 (kuòyīn)
* 擴音器／扩音器 (kuòyīnqì)
* 沖擴／冲扩
* 海底擴張／海底扩张

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 拡 |
| Kyūjitai | 擴 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 拡)
* broaden

#### Readings

* Go-on: かく (kaku)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku)
* Kun: ひろがる (hirogaru, 擴がる)、ひろげる (hirogeru, 擴げる)、ひろめる (hiromeru, 擴める)

## Korean
### Hanja

擴 • (hwak, gwang) (hangeul 확, 광, revised hwak, gwang, McCune–Reischauer hwak, kwang, Yale hwak, kwang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

擴: Hán Nôm readings: quẳng, huếch, khoác, khoách, khuếch
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