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袤

mào
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 5
这片土地广袤千里。
Zhè piàn tǔdì guǎngmào qiānlǐ.
This vast land stretches for thousands of miles.
HSK 7-9
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