Hanja Analyzer
闊

闊 — hwal

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
넓을 활
Romanization
hwal
English
broad, ample, wide; be apart
Mandarin
kuò
Japanese on'yomi
カツ, カチ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひろ.い
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#2,406 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Variant forms
濶
Radical
門 (169, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+95CA

Parts that make up 闊

  • 門 문 문 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 活 살 활, 물 소리 괄

How 闊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 闊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 門, 活.

Korean example words with 闊

  • 활보闊步 Korean gloss: 힘차고 당당하게 행동하거나 제멋대로 마구 행동함. 또는 그런 행동
  • 굉활하다宏闊 Korean gloss: 몹시 크고 넓다
  • 활협하다闊俠 Korean gloss: 마음이 너그럽다
  • 장활하다長闊 Korean gloss: 아득히 멀고 넓다
  • 상활하다爽闊 Korean gloss: 느낌이 시원하고 산뜻하다
  • 관활하다寬闊 Korean gloss: 도량이 넓고 성격이 활달하다
  • 쾌활하다快闊 Korean gloss: 성격이 시원스럽고 마음이 넓다
  • 활략闊略 Korean gloss: 소홀히 함.
  • 활지闊地 Korean gloss: 넓게 트인 땅.
  • 활수闊袖 Korean gloss: 통이 넓은 소매.
  • 활엽闊葉 Korean gloss: 넓고 큰 잎사귀.
  • 결활契闊 Korean gloss: 삶을 위하여 애쓰고 고생함.

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

Japanese words with 闊

  • 闊達かったつ broad-minded; open-minded; openhearted
  • 迂闊うかつ careless; thoughtless; stupid
  • 久闊きゅうかつ not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends
  • 寛闊かんかつ generous; largehearted
  • 闊歩かっぽ striding; swaggering; strutting
  • 広闊こうかつ spaciousness; extensiveness; expansiveness
  • 闊葉樹かつようじゅ broad-leaved tree
  • 横行闊歩おうこうかっぽ swaggering
  • 自由闊達じゆうかったつ free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
  • 明朗闊達めいろうかったつ upbeat and freehearted; cheerful and magnanimous
  • 闊達自在かったつじざい broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles
  • 迂闊千万うかつせんばん very careless; quite thoughtless

Other hanja read “활”

Other hanja with radical 門

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