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kuò HSK4

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Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擴.

Components

扌 Sound component

扌 is a component form of 手.

Change in sound

扩 and 广 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.