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袤

mào
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 length (especially the north-south extent)

Examples

这片土地广袤千里。
Zhè piàn tǔdì guǎngmào qiānlǐ.
This vast land stretches for thousands of miles.
星辰散布在广袤的天空中。
Xīngchén sànbù zài guǎngmào de tiānkōng zhōng.
Stars are scattered across the vast sky.

Tips

usage
Almost always in 广袤 (vast; immense). Strictly, 广 is the east-west span and 袤 the north-south span; together they mean a huge, sprawling expanse.

Components

semantic
衣 yī
clothing; garment
The clothing element wraps the outside, its top and bottom strokes split around the inner part. It originally referred to the lengthwise measure of a robe, which extended into the general sense of long distance.
phonetic
矛 máo
spear
Tucked inside, 矛 supplies the sound, shifting to mào, the same phonetic seen in 茅.

Stroke Order

袤 mào