広こう範はん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

wide-ranging; extensive; comprehensive; widespread

Describes a broad range, scope, area, or influence. Common in written or semi-formal contexts, especially in phrases like 広範な知識 and 広範にわたる.

彼かれは法ほう律りつから経けい済ざいまで広こう範はんな知ち識しきを持もっている。
He has extensive knowledge ranging from law to economics.
地じ震しんの影えい響きょうは広こう範はんに及およんだ。
The effects of the earthquake were widespread.

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Usage patterns

広こう範はんな〈事こと〉wide-ranging (knowledge, field, etc.)
彼かれは広こう範はんな知ち識しきを持もっている。
He has extensive knowledge.
〈事こと〉に広こう範はんな影えい響きょうを及およぼすto have a wide-ranging impact on something
その政せい策さくは経けい済ざいに広こう範はんな影えい響きょうを及およぼした。
The policy had a wide-ranging impact on the economy.
広こう範はんにわたる〈事こと〉spanning a broad range of something
広こう範はんにわたる分ぶん野やで研けん究きゅうが行おこなわれている。
Research is being carried out across a wide range of fields.

Kanji

広wide, broad, spacious
範pattern, example, model
汎pan-
廣broad, wide, spacious

Related words

幅はば広ひろいN1
幅広い is the everyday, flexible word for something broad, while 広範 is more written/formal and emphasizes scope or range.
広こう範はん囲い
広範囲 is a noun meaning a wide area or range, whereas 広範 is the adjectival form used as in 広範な影響.
広こう大だいN2
広大 usually describes physically vast spaces or scale, while 広範 focuses on the breadth of scope, range, or distribution.
多た方ほう面めんN2
広範 describes the wide scope or extent of something (like an area or influence), whereas 多方面 highlights the variety of distinct fields or directions involved.
多た岐き
広範 highlights the breadth or extent of something's coverage, while 多岐 highlights the number of distinct branches or directions it takes.

Opposites

限げん定てい的てき
限定的 describes something narrow or restricted in scope, the opposite of 広範's wide-ranging coverage.

Word family

広こう範はん囲い
extensive; wide-ranging; broad
広こう範はん多た岐き
extensive and wide-ranging; broad and multifaceted

Written forms

広こう範はんUsage88%
Standard modern spelling; high-priority form.
広こう汎はんUsage12%
Attested variant spelling with the same reading and meaning; less common than 広範.
廣こう汎はん
Older character form using 廣; mainly encountered in older texts, names, or historical-style writing.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 広 means broad or wide, and 範 is associated with scope or range here. The spelling conventionally expresses broad extent or coverage.