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1.

Animated Stroke Order 扩

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How to write 扩 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 扩

扩 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

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扩

扩=

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5.

How to Use 扩

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 扩 works in context.

Expanding with 扩

扩 means 'to expand' and combines with another verb-like morpheme to form verbs meaning to expand in a specific direction or manner.

扩大 • kuò dà • to expand • HSK 5

HSK 5

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 扩

HSK words that contain this character.

扩展 • kuò zhǎn • to extend

HSK 3.0 · L6

kuò扩

zhǎn

7.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 扩 is used in context

gōng公

sī司

jì计

huà划

kuò扩

dà大

Information

Pinyinkuò

Meaningto expand

Strokes6

Radical扌

Traditional擴

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1238

Zhuyinㄎㄨㄛˋ

UnicodeU+6269

CangjieQYMR

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扌hand

The hand (扌) expands (广) — to enlarge or extend, like hands stretching something wide open.

kuò扩

dà大

to expand

扩充 • kuò chōng • expand; augment; enlarge • HSK 6

HSK 6

kuò扩

chōng充

expand; augment; enlarge

扩张 • kuò zhāng • expand; enlarge; extend • HSK 6

HSK 6

kuò扩

zhāng张

expand; enlarge; extend

展

to extend

扩散 • kuò sàn • spread; diffuse; scatter about

HSK 6

kuò扩

sàn散

spread; diffuse; scatter about

扩建 • kuò jiàn • Expand / Extend (construction)

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

kuò扩

jiàn建

Expand / Extend (construction)

shì市

chǎng场

fèn份

é额

。

The company plans to expand its market share.

Gōng公

sī司

jì计

huà划

kuò扩

zhāo招

yuáng员

ōng工

。

The company plans to expand its recruitment of employees.

xué学

jiào校

zhèng正

zài在

kuò扩

jiàn建

tú图

shū书

guǎn馆

。

The school is expanding the library.

wǒ我

men们

xū需

yào要

kuò扩

zhǎn展

yè业

wù务

dào到

hǎi海

wài外

。

We need to extend our business overseas.

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