宏

hóng
adjective #14,471

Meanings

  1. 1 great; magnificent; grand
  2. 2 macro

Examples

HSK 4
Tā yǒu yí ge hóngdà de jìhuà.
He has a grand plan.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zuò jiànzhù fēicháng hóngwěi.
This building is very magnificent.

Tips

usage
宏 is found in 宏观 (macro/macroscopic), 宏伟 (magnificent), and 宏大 (grand). The opposite of 宏观 is 微观 (micro).

Components

radical
宀 mián
roof; house
The roof radical on top frames 宏 as something architectural - originally a large hall or grand building. The image of a wide roof neatly captures the abstract sense great / magnificent / grand and groups 宏 with 家, 室 and 安 under the cover-of-the-house family.
phonetic
厷 gōng
upper arm (literary)
Sits under the roof and lends the sound, drifting from gōng to hóng. The upper-arm meaning is incidental, but it makes a fine memory hook: a strong arm holding up a vast roof - exactly the image of grandeur 宏 conveys.

Stroke Order

宏 hóng