广义
guǎngyì · HSK 7
broad sense
📖 广义 = 广 broad/wide + 义 meaning = the broad sense of a word
广 means wide or broad; 义 means meaning or sense. Together they label the broad, general reading of a term, as opposed to 狭义 (the narrow sense).
广 — shelter/roof radical 广 (yǎn)
广 originally depicted a building leaning against a cliff or hillside — a roof or shelter open on one side. It serves as the 'shelter' radical (yǎn) in many characters related to buildings (店, 庭, 库). In simplified Chinese, 广 was also adopted as the simplified form of 廣 ('wide, broad').