EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden

    私は机の上に地図を広げた。
    I unfolded the map on the desk.
  2. to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap

    occ. written 展げる

  3. to scatter about; to spread around

  4. to make flourish; to cause to prosper

Also written 拡げる【ひろげる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wide, broad, spacious

Kun
ひろ.い、ひろ.まる、ひろ.める、ひろ.がる、ひろ.げる
On
コウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
263 of 2500
Radical
广 dotted cliff
WaniKani
Level 3

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Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-2SKIP code
3q2.1The Kanji Dictionary
0023.2Four corner code
571deroo
5e83Unicode hex code
1-25-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1499Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1604New Nelson (John Haig)
3035New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3769Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1921Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2613Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
739Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
799Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
311A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
316Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
303Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9224PMorohashi
114A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
694Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
707Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
211sakade
164Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
127henshall3
108Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
389crowley
113Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
581Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
747Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
guang3, an1Pinyin reading
gwangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level