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広 is the Japanese variant of 廣 (from Chinese).
The original meaning is wide, numerous, or to spread out. However, in modern Japan, this is used primarily as a given name. Most often it is romanized as Hiro.
This Kanji can also romanize as the names Yutaka, Hiromu, Hiromatsu, Hirotsugu, Hirosue, Hiroji, Hiroshi, Hirosaki, Hirokatsu, Kouji, or Kou.
In Chinese, this would romanize as guǎng where it still holds the original meaning and is a common Chinese surname. However, this 広 version is strictly Japanese, and most Chinese will not realize it’s a variant of 廣. This will be true especially in the mainland where the Simplified Chinese is now written as 广.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 広 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
広 see styles |
guǎng guang3 kuang yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Hiro(given name) Yutaka |
一広 see styles |
kazuhiro かずひろ |
(given name) Kazuhiro |
万広 see styles |
yorozuhiro よろずひろ |
(surname) Yorozuhiro |
三広 see styles |
mitsuhiro みつひろ |
(surname) Mitsuhiro |
上広 see styles |
uehiro うえひろ |
(surname) Uehiro |
下広 see styles |
shimohiro しもひろ |
(surname) Shimohiro |
丞広 see styles |
sukehiro すけひろ |
(personal name) Sukehiro |
中広 see styles |
nakahiro なかひろ |
(place-name, surname) Nakahiro |
丸広 see styles |
maruhiro まるひろ |
(surname) Maruhiro |
久広 see styles |
hisahiro ひさひろ |
(surname, given name) Hisahiro |
乙広 see styles |
otohiro おとひろ |
(surname) Otohiro |
亀広 see styles |
kamehiro かめひろ |
(surname) Kamehiro |
亮広 see styles |
sukehiro すけひろ |
(personal name) Sukehiro |
仁広 see styles |
masahiro まさひろ |
(personal name) Masahiro |
今広 see styles |
imahiro いまひろ |
(surname) Imahiro |
介広 see styles |
sukehiro すけひろ |
(personal name) Sukehiro |
仙広 see styles |
senhiro せんひろ |
(given name) Senhiro |
休広 see styles |
yasuhiro やすひろ |
(given name) Yasuhiro |
伸広 see styles |
nobuhiro のぶひろ |
(given name) Nobuhiro |
住広 see styles |
sumihiro すみひろ |
(surname) Sumihiro |
佐広 see styles |
sahiro さひろ |
(surname) Sahiro |
佑広 see styles |
sukehiro すけひろ |
(personal name) Sukehiro |
作広 see styles |
sakuhiro さくひろ |
(surname) Sakuhiro |
佳広 see styles |
yoshihiro よしひろ |
(given name) Yoshihiro |
侑広 see styles |
yuukou / yuko ゆうこう |
(given name) Yūkou |
俊広 see styles |
toshihiro としひろ |
(given name) Toshihiro |
保広 see styles |
yasuhiro やすひろ |
(surname, given name) Yasuhiro |
信広 see styles |
nobuhiro のぶひろ |
(surname, given name) Nobuhiro |
修広 see styles |
nobuhiro のぶひろ |
(personal name) Nobuhiro |
倫広 see styles |
michihiro みちひろ |
(personal name) Michihiro |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Hiro | 広 | hiro | guǎng / guang3 / guang | kuang |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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