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旷

kuàng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 曠

What 旷 means

1. to neglect
2. to skip (class or work)
3. to waste (time)
4. vast
5. loose-fitting

Example sentences

• 汤姆总是旷课。
  Tāngmǔ zǒngshì kuàngkè.
  Tom is always absent.

Words starting with 旷

• 旷课kuàng kèto play truant; to cut classes
• 旷野kuàng yěwilderness
• 旷世kuàng shìincomparable; none to compare with at that time
• 旷工kuàng gōngto skip work; absence without leave
• 旷代kuàng dàiunrivalled; without peer in this generation
• 旷古kuàng gǔsince the dawn of time; from the year dot
• 旷地kuàng dìopen space; open field
• 旷夫kuàng fūbachelor; unmarried man
• 旷废kuàng fèito neglect (work); to waste (one's talents)
• 旷职kuàng zhíto fail to show up for work
• 旷费kuàng fèito waste; to squander
• 旷达kuàng dábroad-minded; accepting; philosophical (about things)
• 旷阔kuàng kuòvast
• 旷古未有kuàng gǔ wèi yǒunever before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented
• 旷古未闻kuàng gǔ wèi wénnever before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented; also written 旷古未有
• 旷日持久kuàng rì chí jiǔprotracted (idiom); long and drawn-out
• 旷时摄影kuàng shí shè yǐngtime-lapse photography
• 旷渺kuàng miǎoremote and vast

Words containing 旷

• 空旷kōng kuàngspacious and empty; void
• 心旷神怡xīn kuàng shén yílit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
• 久旷jiǔ kuàngto leave uncultivated for a long time; by extension, to neglect one's work…
• 宽旷kuān kuàngvast; extensive
• 开旷kāi kuàngopen and vast
• 高旷gāo kuànghigh and wide
• 恐旷症kǒng kuàng zhèngagoraphobia
• 夷旷yí kuàngexpansive; level and broad; broad-minded
• 襟怀夷旷jīn huái yí kuàngbroad-minded

Characters built on 广

These share the phonetic component 广 (guǎng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 床chuángbed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on); bed…
• 矿kuàngmineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine
• 庄zhuāngfarmstead; village; manor
• 犷guǎngrough; uncouth; boorish
• 邝Kuàngsurname Kuang
• 圹kuàngtomb

Characters that look like 旷

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

• 扩kuòto enlarge
• 矿kuàngmineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine
• 贮zhùto store; to save; stockpile
• 犷guǎngrough; uncouth; boorish

Sounds the same

Read kuàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 况moreover; situation
• 矿mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore; a mine
• 框frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 眶(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 贶to bestow; to confer
• 圹tomb
• 絖fine floss-silk or cotton
• 纩fine floss-silk or cotton
• 卝classical variant of 矿
• 邝surname Kuang
• 丱old variant of 矿
• 爌old variant of 旷; bright and spacious