闊
wide
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
Study
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.