【广】用“广”作部首的字通常与宽大，空阔或房屋等含义有关。
Chinese characters with the radical 广(yǎn) are usually related to the meaning of broadness, spaciousness or house.
“广”是象形字，甲骨文字形像靠着山崖建造的敞屋。
📘 "广" is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script resembles a wall-less house by a cliffside.
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From the oracle bone scripts, the upper part of 康,唐 or 庸 is 庚. The current meanings of 康,唐 and 庸 are different from their original meanings.
- The upper parts of 庶,度 and 席 are the same.
- 䧹 is the upper part of 应,膺 or 鹰. It is the sound component, pronounced as "yīng". "应" is the simplified form.
- The character 腐 is composed of two parts: "府" and "肉". The upper part is the sound component "府".
声符 📢 Sound Component
The character 广 is used as the sound component for 矿,旷 and 扩.
词根/词缀 Word Root/Affix - 广
广 also can be used as a word root in compound words.
10 HSK words contain the word root 广.
