擴 (kuò) — to expand, enlarge, broaden

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TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字

擴 character · A2 (est.)

擴＝扌＋廣

ㄎㄨㄛˋ · kuò

verb — to expand, enlarge, broaden

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義a hand

廣聲guǎng — gives the soundwide, broad

{g,k}ITguǎng → kuò — the g hardens to k across the {g,k} family, tone shifts

A hand (扌) pulls the edges out wider — to expand. 廣 guǎng, already meaning broad, carries the sound and lends its width, worn toward kuò across the {g,k} family. From the pulling-wide: 擴大 to enlarge, 擴展 to extend, 擴充 to build out.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

雙手抓住地圖兩邊，一拉，疆界往外撐得更開。

Both hands grip the map's edges and pull; the borders stretch wider out.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)擴大、張開— to expand, enlarge常用

→擴展、擴充— to extend; to build out常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension