Japanese symbol for “guangdong”

広東

カントン

Romaji: kanton

Guangdong (China); Kwangtung

In Japanese, guangdong is 広東, read カントン (kanton).

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Meanings

n Guangdong (China); Kwangtung
n Guangzhou (China); Canton

Written forms: 広東、廣東. Readings: カントン.

Kanji and stroke order

広

wide, broad, spacious

on: コウ
kun: ひろ.い、ひろ.まる、ひろ.める、ひろ.がる

5 strokes · JLPT 3

東

east

on: トウ
kun: ひがし

8 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
広告	こうこく koukoku	advertisement; advertising
広い	ひろい hiroi	spacious; vast; wide
広場	ひろば hiroba	public square; square; plaza
幅広い	はばひろい habahiroi	extensive; wide; broad
広大	こうだい koudai	vast; extensive; immense
広げる	ひろげる hirogeru	to spread; to extend; to expand
東京	とうきょう toukyou	Tokyo
東西	とうざい touzai	east and west

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.