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Chinese symbol for “extend”

推广
tuī guǎng
Traditional: 推廣
to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization

The closest CC-CEDICT match for extend is 推广 (tuī guǎng), defined as: to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

推 tuī
to push; to expel; to drive; to decline
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
广 guǎng
broad, vast, wide; building, house
radical 53 ⼴ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “extend”

WordPinyinMeaning
扩展 (擴展)kuò zhǎnto extend; to expand
延伸yán shēnto extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
伸出shēn chūto extend
扩建 (擴建)kuò jiànto extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
申shēnto extend; to state

Related words

Other words that share a character with 推广.

WordPinyinMeaning
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
推出tuī chūto push out; to release
推荐 (推薦)tuī jiànto recommend
推进 (推進)tuī jìnto impel; to carry forward
推翻tuī fānto overthrow
广告 (廣告)guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial
广场 (廣場)guǎng chǎngpublic square; plaza
广泛 (廣泛)guǎng fànwide; broad; extensive; widespread

See also: Japanese symbol for “extend”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.