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廓

kuò

HSK 6 Character

What 廓 means

1. bound formextensive; vast
2. bound formoutline; general shape
3. bound formto expand; to extend

Example sentences

• 线条艺术强调形式和轮廓，而不是颜色、阴影和纹理。
  Line art emphasizes form and outline, over color, shading, and texture.

Words starting with 廓

• 廓清kuò qīngto clear up; to wipe out; to eradicate

Words containing 廓

• 轮廓lún kuòoutline; silhouette
• 耳廓ěr kuòouter ear; auricle; pinna
• 胸廓xiōng kuòthorax
• 耳廓狐ěr kuò húfennec; Vulpes zerda
• 轮廓线lún kuò xiànoutline; silhouette
• 声调轮廓shēng diào lún kuòtone contour
• 轮廓鲜明lún kuò xiān míngsharp image; clear-cut; in bold outline
• 胸廓切开术xiōng kuò qiē kāi shùthoracotomy (medicine)
• 寥廓liáo kuò(literary) vast; boundless
• 八廓Bā kuòBarkhor, pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet
• 八廓街Bā kuò JiēBarkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa…

Characters that look like 廓

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 感gǎnto feel; to move; to touch
• 痴chīimbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 蔚wèiArtemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 厮sī(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude…
• 痢lìdysentery

Sounds the same

Read kuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 括(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise…
• 扩to enlarge
• 阔rich; wide; broad
• 蛞used in 蛞蝼; used in 蛞蝓
• 漷clashing of two currents
• 鞹leather
• 髺hair rolled up in a bun
• 适see 李适
• 霩variant of 廓