# 拡 — Extend

Frequency rank 1069 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 怪 (Suspicious), less common than 旧 (Former).

- On’yomi: かく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level IX of XX

Fingers on the left stretch wide on the right -- fingers spreading wide in every direction extend your reach.

In words:

- 拡大 かくだい — magnification,enlargement
- 拡張 かくちょう — expansion,extension,enlargement,escape (ESC)
- 拡充 かくじゅう — expansion

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