Unicode: U+5ED3

Pinyin: kuò

Definition

* 空阔,广阔。 ~然。寥~。 * 扩大。 ~张。 * 空寂:孤独:"悲忧穷戚兮独处~"。 * 物体的周围、外缘。 轮~。耳~。 * 古同"郭",外城

broad, wide, open, empty; to expand

Structure

廓 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC