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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.
光 is the simplest way to express “light” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
It can also mean ray or bright. Chinese tend to use a two-character word for light/bright, so this character is probably best if your audience is Japanese. Also, when pronounced Rei, this can be a Japanese female given name.
In the Zen Buddhist context, this is the pure light that everyone possesses at their origin.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your guang search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
光 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang hikari ひかり |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright / Shine(1) light; (2) illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; (3) happiness; hope; (4) influence; power; (5) vision; eyesight; (6) (abbreviation) (See 光回線) optical fiber; optical fibre; (female given name) Rei 光明 prabha, light, brightness, splendour, to illuminate. |
広 see styles |
guǎng guang3 kuang yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Hiro(given name) Yutaka |
世光 see styles |
shì guāng shi4 guang1 shih kuang toshimitsu としみつ |
More info & calligraphy: Light of the Worldlight of the world |
佛光 see styles |
fó guāng fo2 guang1 fo kuang bukkō |
More info & calligraphy: The Aura of BuddhaThe light of Buddha, spiritual enlightenment; halo, glory. |
光彩 see styles |
guāng cǎi guang1 cai3 kuang ts`ai kuang tsai kousai / kosai こうさい |
More info & calligraphy: Radiancebrilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster; (female given name) Misa |
光明 see styles |
guāng míng guang1 ming2 kuang ming koumyou(p); koumei / komyo(p); kome こうみょう(P); こうめい |
More info & calligraphy: Light / Bright and Promising Future(1) bright light; (2) hope; bright future; (3) {Buddh} light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion; (place-name) Gwangmyeong (South Korea) v. last entry. |
光芒 see styles |
guāng máng guang1 mang2 kuang mang koubou / kobo こうぼう |
More info & calligraphy: Radiance / Rays of Lightbeam of light |
圓光 圆光 see styles |
yuán guāng yuan2 guang1 yüan kuang enkou / enko えんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Halo(surname) Enkou The halo surrounding the head of a Buddha, etc. |
廣東 广东 see styles |
guǎng dōng guang3 dong1 kuang tung hirotou / hiroto ひろとう |
More info & calligraphy: Canton / Guangdong(surname) Hirotou |
心光 see styles |
xīn guāng xin1 guang1 hsin kuang shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Merciful Heart / The Light from a Buddha MindThe light from (a Buddha's) mind, or merciful heart, especially that of Amitābha. |
日光 see styles |
rì guāng ri4 guang1 jih kuang nikkou / nikko にっこう |
More info & calligraphy: Sunshine / Sunlight(1) sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams; (2) Nikkō (city in Tochigi); (female given name) Himi (日光菩薩); 蘇利也波羅皮遮那 Sūrya-prabhāsana. Sunlight, and 月光 (月光菩薩) Moonlight, name of two Bodhisattva assistants of 藥師 the Master of Healing; Sunlight is the ninth in the Dizang Court of the Garbhadhātu group. |
時光 时光 see styles |
shí guāng shi2 guang1 shih kuang tokimitsu ときみつ |
More info & calligraphy: Time(surname, given name) Tokimitsu |
月光 see styles |
yuè guāng yue4 guang1 yüeh kuang gekkou / gekko げっこう |
More info & calligraphy: Moonlightmoonlight; moonbeam; (female given name) Rumi Candraprabha, 戰達羅鉢刺婆 Moonlight. One of the three honoured ones in the Vajradhātu, and in the Mañjuśrī court of the Garbhadhātu, known also as 淸涼金剛. |
東光 东光 see styles |
dōng guāng dong1 guang1 tung kuang harumitsu はるみつ |
More info & calligraphy: Toko(given name) Harumitsu |
陽光 阳光 see styles |
yáng guāng yang2 guang1 yang kuang youkou / yoko ようこう |
More info & calligraphy: Sunshinesunshine; sunlight; (female given name) Yōkou The sun's light, also idem陽燄 sun flames, or heat, i.e. the mirage causing the illusion of lakes. |
靈光 灵光 see styles |
líng guāng ling2 guang1 ling kuang |
More info & calligraphy: Divine Light |
大光明 see styles |
dà guāng míng da4 guang1 ming2 ta kuang ming oomiya おおみや |
More info & calligraphy: Reiki - Master Symbol |
咣 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
(onom.) bang; door banging shut |
垙 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
(literary) footpath separating fields; (used in place names) |
廣 广 see styles |
guǎng guang3 kuang yutaka ゆたか |
wide; numerous; to spread (personal name) Yutaka vipula. Broad, wide, extensive, spacious; extended, enlarged, expanded; for vaipulya v. 方廣, for which 廣 is also used alone to indicate vaipulya sūtras, etc. |
桄 see styles |
guàng guang4 kuang |
woven wood and bamboo utensil; classifier for threads and strings |
洸 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang honoka ほのか |
sparkling water (female given name) Honoka |
灮 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
old variant of 光[guang1] |
炗 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
old variant of 光[guang1] |
獷 犷 see styles |
guǎng guang3 kuang kō |
rough; uncouth; boorish harsh |
珖 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
(jade) |
胱 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
used in 膀胱[pang2guang1] |
逛 see styles |
guàng guang4 kuang |
to stroll; to visit |
銧 see styles |
guāng guang1 kuang |
point of a sword |
X光 see styles |
x guāng x guang1 x kuang |
X-ray |
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 |
Light Bright Shine | 光 | hikari | guāng / guang1 / guang | kuang |
Light of the World | 世光 | toshimitsu | shì guāng shi4 guang1 shi guang shiguang | shih kuang shihkuang |
Time | 時光 时光 | tokimitsu | shí guāng shi2 guang1 shi guang shiguang | shih kuang shihkuang |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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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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