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扩 (kuò): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 7-9

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扩 (kuò): To expand — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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How to write 扩 — animated stroke order

2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 扩

扩 stroke order diagram

3.

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4.

How to Use 扩

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

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 扩

扩展 • kuò zhǎn • to extend

HSK 3.0 · L6

kuò扩

zhǎn

6.

Example Sentences

gōng公

sī司

jì计

huà划

kuò扩

dà大

shì

Information

Pinyinkuò

Meaningto expand, enlarge, or extend

Strokes6

Radical扌

Traditional擴

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#1238

Zhuyinㄎㄨㄛˋ

UnicodeU+6269

CangjieQYMR

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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)

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.

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.

wǒ我

xiǎng想

kuò扩

chōng充

wǒ我

de的

cí词

huì汇

liàng量

。

I want to expand my vocabulary.

zhè这

jiā家

gōng公

sī司

zhèng正

zài在

kuò扩

zhāng张

yè业

wù务

。

This company is expanding its business.

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Characters pronounced "kuo".

括kuòto include, enclose, or embrace
阔kuòwide, broad, vast
廓kuòwide, expansive; outer part, outline

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Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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