宽泛
kuān fàn · HSK 7
wide-ranging
🌊 宽 wide + 泛 to flood/be general = broad and unfocused, wide-ranging
宽 means wide or broad (think of a wide road, 宽 also appears in 宽度 width). 泛 means to flood or be general, as in 泛指 to refer broadly. Together they describe a scope that is sweeping rather than narrow or specific.
宽 — roof 宀 + 萈 (phonetic, originally a horned goat)
Originally written with 宀 'roof' over 萈, a horned mountain goat, suggesting a spacious dwelling large enough to house such an animal. The 萈 element also lent its sound. Over time the form simplified to today's 宽, and the meaning shifted from 'spacious house' to the general sense of 'wide, broad, lenient'.