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Kotomora

闊

wide

FrequencyTop 5,000Strokes17

Readings

On'yomi

  • カツ

Kun'yomi

  • ひろ.い

Meaning

闊 centers on spaciousness and breadth: something wide, open, or expansive. The single given meaning "wide" captures the core idea of generous physical extent.

Most common words using 闊

  • 迂闊うかつ

    careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent; incautious

  • 闊歩かっぽ

    striding; swaggering; strutting

  • 闊達かったつ

    broad-minded; open-minded; openhearted; generous; magnanimous

  • 久闊きゅうかつ

    not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

  • 久闊を叙するきゅうかつをじょする

    to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

  • 寛闊かんかつ

    generous; largehearted

  • 広闊こうかつ

    spaciousness; extensiveness; expansiveness; vastness

  • 明朗闊達めいろうかったつ

    upbeat and freehearted; cheerful and magnanimous

  • 横行闊歩おうこうかっぽ

    swaggering

  • 気宇広闊きうこうかつ

    magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set

  • 自由闊達じゆうかったつ

    free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious

  • 迂闊千万うかつせんばん

    very careless; quite thoughtless

  • 闊葉樹かつようじゅ

    broad-leaved tree

  • 闊達自在かったつじざい

    broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles

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Etymology

闊 combines 門 (gate) with 活, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of flowing or spreading, suggesting a gate that opens wide.

Meaning mnemonic

A gate 門 that is wide enough for lively activity 活 to flow through: 闊 means wide and spacious.

Reading mnemonic

For カツ, imagine a wide gate that cuts across the landscape: cut -> カツ, and the gate is so wide it cuts through everything.