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).

擴 character breakdown

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 擴 as component

擴 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 擴

to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
to extend / to expand / extension / expansion
to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
to extend the scope / to exaggerate
to ramp up capacity / to expand in scale
(file) extension (computing)
to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale
to widen a tube / to ream (i.e. widen a hole)
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

Sentences with 擴

擴 currently does not appear in any sentence.