CHINESE CHARACTER

扩 (kuò): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

kuò

to expand, to stretch, to magnify

HSK 56 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

扌

Primary radical

扌 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 扩.

扌

Phonetic component

扌 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 6

Write 扩 in 6 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 扩

扩大kuòdà

HSK 5 · to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope

扩展kuòzhǎn

HSK 6 · to extend; to expand; extension; expansion

扩kuò

HSK 7-9 · to enlarge

扩充kuòchōng

HSK 7-9 · to expand

扩建kuòjiàn

HSK 7-9 · to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)

扩散kuòsàn

HSK 7-9 · to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse

Examples using 扩

扩散

癌细胞已经扩散到她的胃。

Ái xì bāo yǐ jīng kuò sàn dào tā de wèi。

The cancer has spread to her stomach.

FAQ

What does 扩 (kuò) mean in Chinese?

to expand, to stretch, to magnify

How do you write 扩 in stroke order?

扩 has 6 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 扩?

扌 is the radical in 扩. It is the hand side radical and can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 扩?

扩大 (kuòdà): to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope; 扩展 (kuòzhǎn): to extend; to expand; extension; expansion; 扩 (kuò): to enlarge.