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拡 kanji
broaden, extend, expand, enlarge
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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On readings
カクコウ
Kun readings
ひろがるひろげるひろめる
Variant forms
挄擴Words with 拡
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3拡大Popularexpansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
- N2拡充Popularexpansion
- N2拡張Popularexpansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
- N1拡散Popularspreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
- —軍拡Popularmilitary expansion; arms buildup
- —拡張子Popularfile extension
- —拡大均衡Popularan expanded or expanding equilibrium
- —拡販sales expansion; increase in sales
- —拡幅widening (of a road); to widen (esp. a road)
- —拡声voice amplification
- —拡材gift with a new newspaper subscription
- —拡大率rate of magnification; magnification power
- —拡張化enlargement; expansion
- —熱拡散thermal diffusion
- —不拡大nonexpansion; localization; localisation; nonaggravation
- —拡声器megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
- —拡大鏡magnifying glass; magnifier; loupe
- —核拡散nuclear proliferation
- —胃拡張gastric dilation; dilation of stomach
- —拡張期diastole; expansion phase