弘
Information about character(s)
Radical: 弓Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5
Pronunciation
Pinyin: hóngCantonese: wang4
JapaneseKun: HIROI HIROMERU
JapaneseOn: KOU GU
Korean: HONG
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: enlarge, expand; liberal, greatCE-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)