KANJIDAMAGE

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拡 to expand

(handleft) + 広 (wide)
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes
DUPEILL PAIR
90% the same as regular 広げる. BUT, 拡げる-with-aー手 has one special meaning which 広げる-with-noー手 does NOT have: to expand your markets overseas, to expand your territory, to expand the circulation of your newspaper.

Onyomi

KAKU

Mnemonic

Use your hands to enlarge the opening, widen it, and then stick some COCKS in it. Oh my god that is not family-oriented.

Kunyomi

ひろ*がる to spread or extend. . .
★☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

拡張(かくちょう)

enlarge ★☆☆☆☆
拡 (to expand) + 張 (stretch) = 拡張 (enlarge)

to extend or physically enlarge a thing (an extended family, enlarge the factory).
拡大(かくだい)

zoom in / escalate ★☆☆☆☆
拡 (to expand) + 大 (big) = 拡大 (zoom in / escalate)

Literally it means to zoom in on or magnify. Figuratively it means to escalate (a conflict) or scale-up (a buildup of some sort)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
仏 Buddha PERSON 人
私 me / private WHEAT
拡 to expand WIDE 広
払 pay HAND 手

Buddha is a PERSON.

I myself cut the WHEAT.

You enlarge something by making it WIDER.

I use my HAND to pay.

Synonyms

enlarge, extend
拡張    広げる    拡げる    拡大