宏 hóng vast
vast; great; spacious; wide
怎么记住“宏”: 宀 roof + 厷 upper arm = vast. Under the high roof of the empty new home, the little girl stretches out each upper arm, spins around and shouts "It's all so vast!"
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
宏 = 宀 roof + 厷 upper arm
- 宀 roof meaning
- 厷 upper arm sound
Under the high roof of the empty new home, the little girl stretches out each upper arm, spins around and shouts "It's all so vast!"
How it came to be
In the small seal form, the roof gives the meaning and the part under it the sound.
用法
- Bound morpheme 'grand, vast, macro-': 宏大 (hóngdà) grand, 宏伟 (hóngwěi) magnificent, 宏观 (hóngguān) macro (opp. 微观 wēiguān micro).
- 宏观经济 (hóngguān jīngjì) = macroeconomics. Register is written/abstract; describes scale of visions, plans, structures.