扩

• 拼音: kuò
• 汉字拆解: 扩 = 扌(hand) + 广 (wide) — to expand with hands, simplified from 擴

含义

To expand; to enlarge; to extend. The core verb for making something bigger or wider.

A bound morpheme that rarely appears alone in modern Chinese but forms many common compounds: 扩大, 扩展, 扩建, 扩散, etc. Understanding this root helps with vocabulary building.

例句

1. 城市不断向外扩，郊区变成了新城区。
2. 他把生意扩到了海外市场。
3. 把图片扩一下，我看不清细节。

用法指南

语境: growth, development, enlargement

语气: active

正确说法

• 公司计划扩大生产规模。(The company plans to expand its production scale.)
• 把画面扩大一点。(Enlarge the image a bit.)

错误说法

• 单独使用扩而不接宾语或其他成分。(扩 is typically a bound morpheme — use 扩大, 扩展, etc. in complete sentences)

起源与历史

Simplified from 擴, which contains 扌(hand) + 廣 (wide). The hand radical suggests manual action of widening.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal