Kanji 浩 wide expanse, abundance, vigorous Related words 膨ぼう 大だい 膨大 is a more common word for 'huge' or 'enormous' and can be used for a wider range of things, not limited to books or documents.
大たい 部ぶ 大部 specifically means 'large book' or 'lengthy volume', focusing on physical size or page count rather than the richness of content.
Written forms 浩こう 瀚かん Usage 97%
Standard kanji spelling for this literary word.
こうかん Usage 3%
Etymology The word is composed of the kanji 浩 (vast, wide) and 瀚 (wide, vast), both suggesting great extent. It is a Sino-Japanese compound (kango) used in literary contexts.
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