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Chinese symbol for “widen”

加宽
jiā kuān
Traditional: 加寬
widen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for widen is 加宽 (jiā kuān), defined as: widen.

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Characters and stroke order

加 jiā
to add to, to increase, to augment
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes
宽 kuān
broad, spacious, vast, wide
radical 40 ⼧ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “widen”

WordPinyinMeaning
增广 (增廣)zēng guǎngto widen
展宽 (展寬)zhǎn kuānto widen

Related words

Other words that share a character with 加宽.

WordPinyinMeaning
参加 (參加)cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
加入jiā rùto become a member; to join
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
加上jiā shàngto add; plus; in addition; moreover
宽容 (寬容)kuān rónglenient; tolerant
宽松 (寬鬆)kuān sōngspacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable

See also: Japanese symbol for “widen”.

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.