# 广

| 广 | U+5E7F, &#24191; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7F |
| ← 幾 [U+5E7E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 庀 → [U+5E80] |
| ⼴ | U+2F34, &#12084; KANGXI RADICAL DOTTED CLIFF |
| ← ⼳ [U+2F33] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼵ → [U+2F35] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 廣 |
| Shinjitai | 広 |
| Simplified | 广 |

### Han character

广 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹 (YH), four-corner 0020$_0$, composition ⿱丶厂(GHTK) or ⿱丨厂(J))
* Kangxi radical #53, ⼴.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/广
* 疒, 圹, 㚧, 扩, 㲿, 犷, 旷, 矿, 纩, 邝, 応, 唐, 席, 㐣, 䨾, 鹿, 麻, 䧹, 㥷, 慶, 緳, 䧪
* 𫩕, 𭚦, 𨸘, 𤆓, 𧈴, 𧿈, 𬪺, 𠚳
* 𢈲, 𣒷, 𩾦, 𪎒, 𢳁, 𢳅, 𨌱, 𡢦, 𨍗, 𪗆, 𮚥, 𩐕, 𦉨, 𥳁, 𤊭, 𦀫, 𨭤

#### Descendants

* ㄬ (Zhuyin alphabet)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9221
* Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5E7F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 广 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Pictogram (象形): A house with a roof, similar to 宀. According to Wang Yun (王筠), the former character depicts a building with three walls, while the latter depicts a house with four walls.
Unrelated to 床 and 疒, in which it represents a bed. Unrelated to ⼚, which represents a cliff.

### Etymology 1

* For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see 廣 (“broad; wide; extensive; vast; many; numerous; multitudinous; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 廣).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see 庵 (“dome-shaped grass house; hut; monastery or nunnery; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 庵).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǎn (yan$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^3$
*** Yale: yǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^2$
*** Yale: yím
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: ngjemX, ngjaemX
Rime :
| Character | 广 | 广 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 鹽 (154) | 嚴 (145) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 魚檢切 | 魚掩切 |
| Baxter | ngjemX | ngjaemX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠiᴇm$^X$/ | /ŋɨɐm$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚiɛm$^X$/ | /ŋiɐm$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiæm$^X$/ | /ŋiɐm$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋjiam$^X$/ | /ŋɨam$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋjɛm$^X$/ | /ŋiɐm$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭɛm$^X$/ | /ŋĭɐm$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯ɛm$^X$/ | /ŋi̯ɐm$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yǎn | yǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jim$^5$ | jim$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋramʔ/, /*ŋamʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 广 | 广 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14326 | 14327 |
| Phonetic component | 广 | 广 |
| Rime group | 談 | 談 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 顩 | |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋramʔ/ | /*ŋamʔ/ |
| Notes | | 垵由掩校改 |

#### Definitions

广
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) house built to depend on a cliff

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C03234

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* dotted cliff
* canopy

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): こう (kō)
* Kun: ひろ (hiro)

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

广 (eumhun 집 엄 (jip eom))

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

广 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

### Etymology 3
#### Hanja

广 (eumhun 암자 암 (amja am))