広い

ひろい · hiroi · JLPT N5 · i-adj

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🏟️ hiroi: a HERO-y hall, wide enough for a hero's welcome

Hiroi sounds like hero-y. A hero needs a wide, spacious hall for the crowd that greets them. The kanji 広 is a roof-on-a-cliff radical (广) over a private-space mark (厶): lots of room under one roof.

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