Chinese Character Wiki

宏

hóng

wide

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

building

厷 sound component

厷  Sound component

gōng, hóng

  

forearm

Evolution

宏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宏 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
宏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宏  

hóng

wide, spacious, great, vast; great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-

Most common words with 宏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宏

great

宏伟

grand

宏观

macro-

宏观调控

macro-control

宏大

great

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ʷˤ<r>əŋ

hweang

hóng

resounding; great


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 2.5949% of movies

2758th most common character in movies

1798th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5B8F

Shuowen

“宏，屋深響也，从宀，厷聲。”


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