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弘 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈 (NI) or 難弓戈 (XNI), four-corner 12230, composition ⿰弓厶)

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9709
  • Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 990, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5F18
simp. and trad.
 弘
alternative forms 𢎞
𪪺
𢎪
𣧀
Old Chinese
弘 *ɡʷɯːŋ
鞃 *ɡʷɯːŋ
苰 *ɡʷɯːŋ
泓 *qʷrɯːŋ
宖 *qʷrɯːŋ, *ɡʷrɯːŋ
紭 *ɡʷrɯːŋ

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷɯːŋ): phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – the sound of a bow > a loud sound.

The 口 later corrupts into 厶 (the ancient form of 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ)), which Shuowen interprets to be the phonetic component of the character.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Note: hêng — used in 弘一法師.

  • Dialectal data
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弘
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hóng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hwong ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɢ]ʷˁəŋ/
English vast

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 弘
Reading # 1/1
No. 5130
Phonetic
component 		弘
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		弘
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡʷɯːŋ/

弘

  1. to spread; to enlarge; to expand
  2. great; grand; magnificent; broad
    See also: 宏
  3. a surname

弘

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. to spread
  2. wide

弘(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

  1. a male given name

弘(ひろむ) • (Hiromu) 

  1. a male given name

弘 (eumhun 클 홍 (keul hong))

  1. hanja form? of 홍 (“big”)

弘: Hán Nôm readings: hoằng, ngoằng

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