kuān
adjective HSK 4 #4,760

Meanings

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

Examples

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

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

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