# 広 — Wide

Frequency rank 300 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 応 (Respond), less common than 検 (Examine).

- On’yomi: こう
- Kun’yomi: ひろ
- Radical: 广 Dotted Cliff (Kangxi 53)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The Private hunches over his bowl under the Canopy until the Dotted Cliff drops its loose boulder clean through the canvas, and the hole it tears is so Wide that he can spread both arms in his corner and still touch neither torn edge.

In words:

- 広い ひろい — spacious,wide
- 広々 ひろびろ — extensive,spacious
- 広さ ひろさ — extent

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