扩 Stroke Order — How to Write 扩

Stroke Order

扩 is written in 6 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 扌, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

扩 Radical and Character Components

Components:扌广

扩 is a phono-semantic compound: 广 (wide) carries the meaning, while 扌 indicates the sound.

Radical: 扌 + 3 more strokes

扩 Pronunciation and Pinyin

kuò

Meanings of 扩 in Chinese

kuò扩

To expand, extend, enlarge, or broaden in scope, size, or capacity.

公司计划扩大市场份额。

The company plans to expand its market share.

Common Words and Phrases with 扩

kuò扩biān编

To augment or expand the size of an organization, especially a military unit, by increasing its personnel or structure.

由于业务量增加，公司决定扩编销售部门。

Due to increased business volume, the company decided to expand the sales department's establishment.

kuò扩chōng充

Expand or augment.

图书馆正在扩充藏书，以满足读者日益增长的需求。

The library is expanding its collection to meet the growing needs of readers.

kuò扩dà大

To enlarge or expand in scope, scale, or extent.

我们决定扩大公司的业务范围。

We decided to expand the company's business scope.

kuò扩jiàn建

To expand or enlarge a building.

学校决定扩建图书馆，以容纳更多的书籍和学习空间。

The school decided to expand the library to accommodate more books and study space.

kuò扩jūn军

To expand military forces or armaments.

这个部落为了应对日益增长的野兽袭击，不得不扩军，训练更多的战士并制造更好的武器。

To cope with the increasing wild animal attacks, this tribe had no choice but to expand its forces, training more warriors and manufacturing better weapons.

kuò扩kǒng孔

Enlarging a drilled hole or increasing the inner diameter of a hollow workpiece, such as a pipe or shell.