拡かく張ちょう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

expansion; extension; enlargement

Used for making the size, range, scope, capacity, or functionality of something larger. As a suru verb it is transitive: 〜を拡張する.

会かい社しゃは海かい外がいでの事じ業ぎょうを拡かく張ちょうした。
The company expanded its business overseas.

このアプリには便べん利りな拡かく張ちょう機き能のうが多おおい。

This app has many useful extension features.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

escape; ESC

computing

Computing term corresponding to English escape or ESC. This use is technical and much less common for learners than the general meaning; エスケープ or ESC may be seen more directly in modern contexts.

古ふるい端たん末まつの資し料りょうでは、ESCを「拡かく張ちょう」と表ひょう記きしていることがある。
In old terminal documentation, ESC is sometimes written as 拡張.

Kanji

拡broaden, extend, expand
張counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

Similar words

拡かく大だい
Also means enlargement or expansion, but often emphasizes making something physically or visually bigger, or increasing scale; 拡張 often emphasizes extending range, capacity, or functionality.
延えん長ちょう
Means extension in length, time, or duration. 拡張 is broader and can refer to expanding scope, systems, functions, or territory.
エスケープ
A katakana computing term for escape; it is a more transparent modern expression than the technical ESC sense of 拡張.

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound: 拡 is associated with expanding or broadening, and 張 with stretching or spreading. The spelling transparently matches the general meaning of expansion.