IDENTITY
宽kuānwide; broad
HSK 4Top 600
CORE MEANING
wide; broad
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.wide; broadHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 宀roof radical (mián)
- strokes
- 10
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱宀苋
- the broad roof
- gives the sound kuān (historical)
USAGE
Common words
宽广kuānguǎngbroad
宽阔kuānkuòwide
Graded examples
这条河又宽又长。Zhè tiáo hé yòu kuān yòu cháng.HSK5
This river is both wide and long.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 客
LEARNING
Memory aid
A roof (宀) spanning wide over the plants (苋) — broad. (From 寬.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #600
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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