阔 (kuò): wide, broad
阔 (kuò) is a Chinese character meaning “wide, broad.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 门 (semantic) and 活 (phonetic). It ranks #1662 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 阔 gate. Its radical form 门 (gate) appears in many related characters such as 门 (mén, door, gate), 间 (jiān, room, between), 闪 (shǎn, to flash, to dodge).
Definitions
- wide, broad
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 阔
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开阔adjective | kāi kuò | wide |
| 宽阔adjective | kuān kuò | expansive |
| 昂首阔步phrase | áng shǒu kuò bù | striding forward with head high (idiom) |
| 辽阔adjective | liáo kuò | vast |
| 高谈阔论phrase | gāo tán kuò lùn | to harangue |
| 阔少 | kuò shào | (derog.) young man from a wealthy family |
| 阔佬noun | kuò lǎo | wealthy person |
| 阔绰adjective | kuò chuò | extravagant |
| 大刀阔斧phrase | dà dāo kuò fǔ | bold and decisive |
| 阔别verb | kuò bié | separated for a long time |
| 阔气noun | kuò qi | lavish |
| 阔步verb | kuò bù | to stride forward |
| 摆阔verb | bǎi kuò | to parade one's wealth |
| 阔人noun | kuò rén | rich person |
| 壮阔adjective | zhuàng kuò | grand |
阔 appears in 35 compound words: 34 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 29 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 阔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to handle something with daring and resolve; to be bold and decisive when handling an issue; drastic
discuss freely; to indulge in loud and empty talk; to talk volubly or bombastically
discuss freely; to indulge in loud and empty talk; to talk volubly or bombastically
Example Sentences
他的知识面很广阔，什么都懂一点。
Tā de zhīshi miàn hěn guǎngkuò, shénme dōu dǒng yìdiǎn.
His knowledge is very broad; he knows a little about everything.
华为新折叠机亮相杠苹果 主打全球首款横向阔折产品
huá wéi xīn zhé dié jī liàng xiāng gàng píng guǒ zhǔ dǎ quán qiú shǒu kuǎn héng xiàng kuò zhé chǎn pǐn
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名企人力资源总监:神韵抚慰人心 开阔视野
míng qǐ rén lì zī yuán zǒng jiān : shén yùn fǔ wèi rén xīn kāi kuò shì yě
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以前比阔气 现在比家风——江西多措并举推动婚俗改...
yǐ qián bǐ kuò qì xiàn zài bǐ jiā fēng — — jiāng xī duō cuò bìng jǔ tuī dòng hūn sú gǎi . . .
In the past, people competed over wealth; now, they compete over family values—Jiangxi is taking multiple measures to promote reforms in marriage customs...
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huá wéi P u r a X M a x kuò zhé dié dìng le ! 4 yuè 2 0 rì , gēn P u r a 9 0 yī qǐ . . .
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...大使:中国“十五五”规划为拉中合作开辟广阔空间
. . . dà shǐ : zhōng guó shí wǔ wǔ guī huá wéi lā zhōng gě zuò kāi pì guǎng kuò kōng jiān
...Ambassador: China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Opens Up Vast Opportunities for China-Latin America Cooperation
他们扩阔了帝国的领土。
Tāmen kuò kuò le dìguó de lǐngtǔ.
They increased the territory of the empire.
中国幅员辽阔,因而茶的品种繁多。
Zhōngguó fúyuán-liáokuò, yīn'ér chá de pǐnzhǒng fánduō.
China's territory is vast, thus the types of tea vary.
巴西是一个幅员辽阔的国家。
Bāxī shì yī gè fúyuán liáokuò de guójiā.
Brazil is a huge country.
不论黑暗如何辽阔，我们都必须提供自身的光明。
Bù lùn hēi'àn rúhé liáokuò, wǒmen dōu bìxū tígōng zìshēn de guāngmíng.
However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
Character Family
门 Radical Family — Characters sharing the gate radical
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