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Chinese symbol for “widespread”

广泛
guǎng fàn
Traditional: 廣泛
wide; broad; extensive; widespread

The closest CC-CEDICT match for widespread is 广泛 (guǎng fàn), defined as: wide; broad; extensive; widespread.

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

广 guǎng
broad, vast, wide; building, house
radical 53 ⼴ · 3 strokes
泛 fàn
to drift, to float; broad, vast; careless, reckless
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “widespread”

WordPinyinMeaning
普遍pǔ biànuniversal; general
广大 (廣大)guǎng dà(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale
普及pǔ jíto spread extensively; to generalize
咸xiánall; everyone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 广泛.

WordPinyinMeaning
广告 (廣告)guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial
广场 (廣場)guǎng chǎngpublic square; plaza
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
广播 (廣播)guǎng bōbroadcast; 个 (gè)
广大 (廣大)guǎng dà(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale
泛滥 (氾濫)fàn lànto overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
泛指fàn zhǐto make a general reference; to be used in a general sense
宽泛 (寬泛)kuān fànwide-ranging

See also: Japanese symbol for “widespread”.

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.

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