旷 (kuàng) is a Chinese character meaning “wide and open”. It is written from 日 (sun; day) and 广 (wide; dotted cliff radical), side by side, and takes 7 strokes.
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Structure
日 + 广
Left–right structure
Structure from: 现代字形拆分（IDS ⿰日广），已对照 hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验
Memory aid
The sun (日) next to a wide open shelter (广) — nothing in the way, light everywhere: wide, open, vast.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
7 strokes
In real words
- 空旷kōng kuàngopen and spacious; wide open旷 = kuàng
- 旷课kuàng kèto skip class; to be absent from class旷 = kuàng
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All readings
vast; open
wide and open; spacious; free from worry; to leave empty, to be absent from
地方空阔、没有遮挡；也指心境开阔，或该到而没到（如旷课）。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 空旷kōng kuàngopen and spacious; wide open旷 = kuàng
- 旷课kuàng kèto skip class; to be absent from class旷 = kuàng
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 旷 mean?
旷 (kuàng) means wide and open; spacious; free from worry; to leave empty, to be absent from.
How do you pronounce 旷?
It is pronounced kuàng.
What parts is 旷 made of?
日 (sun; day) and 广 (wide; dotted cliff radical), side by side. The recorded source is: 现代字形拆分（IDS ⿰日广），已对照 hanzi-writer-data 笔画核验. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 旷 have?
7. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 旷?
日. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 旷?
Common ones are 空旷 and 旷课. The reading of 旷 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.