旷 (kuàng): to neglect, to skip (class or work), to waste (time)
旷 (kuàng) is a Chinese character meaning “to neglect.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (structural) and 广 (structural). It ranks #2591 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 旷 a wide 广 plain under the sun 日; 广 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- to neglect
- to skip (class or work)
- to waste (time)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA wide 广 plain under the sun 日; 广 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰日广 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空旷 | kōng kuàng | spacious and empty |
| 旷野 | kuàng yě | wilderness |
| 旷课 | kuàng kè | to play truant |
| 旷工 | kuàng gōng | to skip work |
| 心旷神怡 | xīn kuàng shén yí | lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom) |
| 旷日持久 | kuàng rì chí jiǔ | protracted (idiom) |
| 旷古 | kuàng gǔ | since the dawn of time |
| 旷古未有 | kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu | never before in the whole of history (idiom) |
| 旷时摄影 | kuàng shí shè yǐng | time-lapse photography |
| 旷古未闻 | kuàng gǔ wèi wén | never before in the whole of history (idiom) |
| 旷地 | kuàng dì | open space |
| 开旷 | kāi kuàng | open and vast |
| 高旷 | gāo kuàng | high and wide |
| 旷世 | kuàng shì | incomparable |
| 旷代 | kuàng dài | unrivalled |
旷 appears in 27 compound words: 67 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 7 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 旷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
never before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented; also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
never before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented; also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
Example Sentences
旷复一日，他坚持早起锻炼身体。
kuàng fù yī rì , tā jiān chí zǎo qǐ duàn liàn shēn tī .
Day after day, he persisted in getting up early to exercise.
Character Family
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