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 spread / to proliferate / to diffuse / spread / proliferation / diffusion
to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden
to extend / to expand / extension / expansion
megaphone / loudspeaker / amplifier / microphone
to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
to extend the scope / to exaggerate
amplifier / loudspeaker / hearing aid
nuclear proliferation
to ramp up capacity / to expand in scale
chest expander (exercise equipment)
theory of seafloor spreading (geology)

Sentences with 扩

扩 currently does not appear in any sentence.