kuò HSK7

broad

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof

wide

Sound component
guō, guó outer part (of a city)

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwakkʷʰˤakwiden
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːɡ
Unicodekuɑk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica