竑
be vast and endless, broad
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Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
- オウ
Kun'yomi
- ひろ.い
Meaning
竑 centers on vastness and breadth: something immeasurably wide, endless, or broad in extent.
Study
Etymology
竑 combines 立 (stand) with 厷, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a large arm or span, together suggesting something standing broad and vast.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 立 (stand) and the right side 厷 (which looks like a wide arm reaching out) together suggest standing with arms stretched wide, measuring an endless, broad space.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a vast, broad plain stretching to the horizon, and a single cow standing in the middle: cow -> コウ, and the plain is endless.