Meaning

Primary

To Extend

Alternative

To Spread

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means extend so the verb vocab version is to extend.

Does the kanji look familiar, kind of like 広い, perhaps? 拡がる is the less common and narrower counterpart of 広がる. It's used to describe the enlargement or extension of the size, area, or range of something.

Reading

ひろがる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word shares the same reading as 広い. That means 拡がる is read as ひろがる.

Context

Context Sentences

薄暗い部屋の床に、血が静かに拡がっていた。

Blood was silently spreading on the floor in a dim room.

Kanji Composition