kuān
adjective HSK 4 #4,760

Meanings

  1. 1 wide
  2. 2 broad
  3. 3 lenient
  4. 4 relaxed

Examples

HSK 2
Zhè tiáo lù hěn kuān.
This road is very wide.
HSK 2
Zhè tiáo hé yǒu wǔshí mǐ kuān.
This river is fifty meters wide.
HSK 4
Lǎoshī duì xuéshēng hěn kuānróng.
The teacher is very lenient with students.

Tips

usage
measures width (compared to for length). For measurements: X (X meters wide). For personality: 心宽 = broad-minded.

Components

radical
mián
roof (radical)
Top roof radical - the indexing radical. Frames as a spacious dwelling. Originally depicted a roof under which there was room enough to keep a wild horned goat ; the roof radical preserves that 'space-under-cover' image. Same family as home, peace, to guard, wealth.
phonetic
xiàn
amaranth (graphic substitute for 萈)
Bottom - graphic substitute for traditional , the horned wild goat. In simplification the goat lost its distinctive top, leaving + , coinciding with the standalone plant-name . Carries the phonetic frame from drifted to kuān; the amaranth meaning is a coincidence, not the intended reading.

Stroke Order

kuān