to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting

= 广 + : The sun (日) is lecturing Karl Koala (ku) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but Karl Koala rather skips class (旷) by hiding under a wide (旷) parachute (广) and playing video games in his hideout.

旷 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.
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 旷 as component

旷 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 旷

to play truant / to cut classes
to skip work / absence without leave
since the dawn of time / from the year dot
incomparable / none to compare with at that time
unrivalled / without peer in this generation
never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented
never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented / also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
open space / open field
bachelor / unmarried man
to neglect (work) / to waste (one's talents)
to fail to show up for work
to waste / to squander
broad-minded / accepting / philosophical (about things)
to leave uncultivated for a long time / by extension, to neglect one's work / to remain single
expansive / level and broad / broad-minded
vast / extensive

Sentences with 旷

旷 currently does not appear in any sentence.