弘

Information about character(s)

Radical: 弓
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hóng
Cantonese: wang4
JapaneseKun: HIROI HIROMERU
JapaneseOn: KOU GU
Korean: HONG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: enlarge, expand; liberal, great

CE-Dict: great/liberal

Soothill: Vast, great; to enlarge, spread abroad; e. g. 弘宣; 弘教; 弘法; 弘通 widely to proclaim the Buddhist truth.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.great; grand; magnificent
2.to enlarge; to expand

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《弓部》弘弓聲也。从弓厶聲。厶，古文肱字。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【弓字部】弘
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤胡肱切，或平聲。【說文】弓聲也。　又【爾雅·釋詁】大也。【疏】弘者，含容之大也。【易·坤彖】含弘光大。　又【正韻】大之也。【論語】人能弘道。　又叶胡公切，音洪。【陸機·贈弟雲詩】懷襲瑰瑋，璠植淸風。非德莫動，非道莫弘。　又叶胡光切，音皇。【陸雲·陸常侍誄】於穆皇源，時惟誕弘。權輿有嬀，爰帝曁王。

Buddhism words and phrases broad; to spread out

Japanese Places Hiro (loc)

CF-Dict: grand/libéral

Han-De-Dict: erweitern, verbreiten, popularisieren (u.E.) (V)/groß, großartig, prächtig (u.E.) (Adj)/Hong (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)