Hanja Analyzer
曠

曠 — gwang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빌 광
Romanization
gwang
English
extensive, wide, broad; empty
Mandarin
kuàng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あきらか むな.しい
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
18
Radical
日 (72, 15 residual)
Unicode
U+66E0

Parts that make up 曠

  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때
  • 廣 넓을 광 벽 한쪽이 트인 큰 집넓다. ‘광’ 계열의 소리

How 曠 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 曠 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 廣.

Korean example words with 曠

  • 광세曠世 Korean gloss: 세상에 보기 드묾
  • 광야曠野 Korean gloss: 텅 비고 아득히 넓은 들
  • 광망하다曠茫 Korean gloss: 아주 넓고 아득하다
  • 허광虛曠 Korean gloss: 텅 비어 있음.
  • 광전曠田 Korean gloss: 아주 넓은 논밭.
  • 무변광야無邊曠野 Korean gloss: 끝없이 넓은 들판
  • 광겁曠劫 Korean gloss: 지극히 오랜 세월.
  • 광회曠懷 Korean gloss: 넓은 도량(度量).
  • 광년曠年 Korean gloss: 까마득히 오랜 세월.
  • 광토曠土 Korean gloss: 황폐하고 거친 넓은 땅.
  • 광원曠原 Korean gloss: 텅 비고 아득히 넓은 들.
  • 고광高曠 Korean gloss: 마음 따위가 높고 아주 넓음.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 曠

  • 曠古こうこ historic; unprecedented
  • 曠世こうせい unparalleled; unparallelled; matchless
  • 曠職こうしょく neglect of official duty
  • 曠然こうぜん extensive; open; wide
  • 曠々こうこう extensive; spacious
  • 曠劫こうごう aeons; eons; long time
  • 無始曠劫むしこうごう time immemorial

Other hanja read “광”

Other hanja with radical 日

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