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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
闊 character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
闊 ＝ 門 ＋ 活
ㄎㄨㄛˋ · kuò
adj — wide, broad; well-off

字源 FORM — what the parts do

門義a gate — the opening
活聲huó — gives the soundwater (氵) and a tongue (舌) — living, flowing
IFThuó → kuò — initial hardens, the syllable shifts
A gate (門) thrown wide, the opening at its broadest — wide. 活 huó, the living, flowing graph inside, carries the sound, worn to kuò. From spatial breadth: 寬闊 the wide, 闊別 the long parting, 闊綽 the well-off.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩扇門（門）推到底，當中那條路（活）一望無邊——闊。
The two gate-leaves (門) pushed wide apart, the way between them (活) opening on and on — broad.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)寬闊、遼闊— wide, broad常用
→闊別— a long separation
⇒闊綽、闊氣— well-off, lavish
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
濶kuòthe variant — 濶 takes water 氵, 闊 keeps the gate 門活huóthe sound donor — water-and-tongue, living; before 門