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扩kuò

to expand, to stretch, to magnify. 6 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 4.

Pinyin kuòStrokes 6Radical 扌Band HSK 4Words 2

How to write 扩

Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–6 write 广.

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Stroke order chart for 扩 — 6 strokes, radical 扌

Write 扩 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 扩 · the stroke-order rules

What 扩 is made of

扌 (shǒu, hand) and 广 (guǎng, broad).

广 carries the meaning — wide — and 扌 carries the sound.

Words that use 扩

扩(kuò)大(dà) to expand
使范围或规模变得更大

服务站不断扩大直运网络。The service center kept working to expand its delivery network.

Lesson 306, 故土情深与物流宏图 · 故土炊烟与烟火长卷 · Hometown Memories & The Tapestry of Daily Life

扩(kuò)展(zhǎn) to extend / scale up
把原有的范围向外扩大

回收业务扩展到了每个社区。The recycling program was made to extend into every neighborhood.

Lesson 307, 笃实守信与生态澄澈 · 故土炊烟与烟火长卷 · Hometown Memories & The Tapestry of Daily Life

More characters with the radical 扌

All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.

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