Given name · Japanese

広

“spacious, vast, wide”

広 (Hiroshi) is a masculine given name and perhaps meaning “spacious, vast, wide.” It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Hiroshi.

Meaning & origin

広 probably means “spacious, vast, wide.”

In Japanese usage, 広 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Hiroshi. In Japanese usage, 広 has a related form in 廣.

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