to enlarge

= 广 + : Karl Koala (ku) wants to enlarge (扩) his parachute (广) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), so he stretches it with two toy claws (扌).

扩 character breakdown

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
surname Guang

广 = + 丿 : The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
wide / numerous / to spread

广 = + 丿 : The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 扩 as component

扩 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 扩

to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope
(file) extension (computing)
to enlarge color photos / color film processing
(Internet slang) to add a friend (on a social network etc)
to enlarge (a photo) / to print larger
to augment / to amplify / to extend / to expand
to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale
to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
to let everyone know / spread the word!
to increase the number of pages or the size of the pages of a publication
to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment
to expand the balance sheet
armament / to expand armed forces
to amplify (sound)

Sentences with 扩

扩 currently does not appear in any sentence.