弘 (hóng): great, liberal

弘 (hóng) is a Chinese character meaning “great.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 弓 (structural) and 厶 (structural). It ranks #2503 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. great
  2. liberal

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
弘扬verbhóng yángto enhance
弘法verbhóng fǎto propagate Buddhist teachings
弘治proper-nounhóng zhìHongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘 (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝...
弘图hóng túvariant of 宏圖|宏图
弘愿hóng yuànvariant of 宏願|宏愿
宽弘kuān hóngmagnanimous
恢弘huī hóngvariant of 恢宏
殷弘绪yīn hóng xùFrançois Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court
弘旨hóng zhǐvariant of 宏旨
9
Total compounds
67
As first character
22
As last character
11
As middle character

弘 appears in 9 compound words: 67 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 弘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

治zhì
0.51321,822 co-occurrences
扬yáng
0.4701,601 co-occurrences
毅yì
0.4581,436 co-occurrences
横héng
0.4081,142 co-occurrences
田tián
0.4045,702 co-occurrences
井jǐng
0.3911,580 co-occurrences
吉jí
0.3903,640 co-occurrences
松sōng
0.3862,324 co-occurrences
川chuān
0.3833,538 co-occurrences
藤téng
0.3831,776 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

弘字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。

hóng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .

The character "弘" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.

InvestingFeb 2026

...亿级ETF“一姐”节前离职,已火速加盟天弘基金,引进人才又落一子

. . . yì jí E T F yī jiě jié qián lí zhí , yǐ huǒ sù jiā méng tiān hóng jī jīn , yǐn jìn rén cái yòu luò yī zǐ

... The "first sister" of the 100-million-level ETF left before the holiday and has quickly joined Tianhong Fund, and the introduction of talents has fallen into another son

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

博弘财报/2025年获利1.13亿元、EPS...

bó hóng cái bào 2 0 2 5 nián huò lì 1 . 1 3 yì yuán , E P S . . .

Bohong Financial Report/2025 profit of 113 million yuan, EPS...

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

经典赛/日本队遭软银完封仍有收获 井端弘和点“好球带差异”

jīng diǎn sài rì běn duì zāo ruǎn yín wán fēng réng yǒu shōu huò jǐng duān hóng hé diǎn hǎo qiú dài chā yì

Classic/Japan team was shutout by Softbank and still gained Hirokazu Ibata pointed out the difference in "good ball belt"

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

弘凯切入新应用 添动能

hóng kǎi qiē rù xīn yīng yòng tiān dòng néng

Hongkai cuts into new applications to add momentum

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

台湾素食龙头弘扬食品 投资4亿打造首座绿电智慧新厂

tái wān sù shí lóng tóu hóng yáng shí pǐn tóu zī 4 yì dǎ zào shǒu zuò lǜ diàn zhì huì xīn hǎn

Taiwan's vegetarian leader promotes food and invests 400 million yuan to build the first green power smart factory

Tatoeba

弘美正穿着一件新衣服。

Hóng měi zhèng chuān zhe yī jiàn xīn yīfu.

Hiromi is wearing a new dress.

Tatoeba

虽然弘子不喜欢香烟的烟雾,她却乐意和朋友出去喝酒。

Suīrán hóng zǐ bù xǐhuan xiāngyān de yānwù, tā què lèyì hé péngyou chūqù hējiǔ.

Although Hiroko dislikes cigarette smoke, she readily goes out drinking with friends.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced hóng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 弘 (hóng) mean in Chinese?
弘 (hóng) primarily means "great." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2503 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 弘 have?
弘 is written with 5 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 弘?
The radical associated with 弘 is 弓 (bow). This radical appears in many characters related to bow.
What are the components of 弘?
弘 is composed of: 弓 (structural), 厶 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰弓厶 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 弘?
Common words with 弘 include: 弘扬 (hóng yáng, "to enhance"); 弘法 (hóng fǎ, "to propagate Buddhist teachings"); 弘治 (hóng zhì, "Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘 (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝..."); 弘图 (hóng tú, "variant of 宏圖|宏图"); 弘愿 (hóng yuàn, "variant of 宏願|宏愿"). There are over 9 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 弘 (hóng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation hóng: 红 (red), 轰 (explosion), 洪 (flood), 宏 (great), and 3 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 弘 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 弘 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.