Chinese symbol for “widely”

广为

guǎng wéi

Traditional: 廣為

widely

The closest CC-CEDICT match for widely is 广为 (guǎng wéi), defined as: widely.

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Characters and stroke order

广 guǎng

broad, vast, wide; building, house

radical 53 ⼴ · 3 strokes

为 wéi

to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be

radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 广为.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
广告 (廣告)	guǎng gào	to advertise; a commercial
广场 (廣場)	guǎng chǎng	public square; plaza
广泛 (廣泛)	guǎng fàn	wide; broad; extensive; widespread
推广 (推廣)	tuī guǎng	to extend; to spread
广播 (廣播)	guǎng bō	broadcast; 个 (gè)
广大 (廣大)	guǎng dà	(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale
因为 (因為)	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of
成为 (成為)	chéng wéi	to become; to turn into

See also: Japanese symbol for “widely”.

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.