紘: wide

wide; the world (names)

10 strokesNames & literary · Name kanji (準1級 range)in 2 words here

Readings

コウ

Kun

おおづな・つな・つなぐ

Mostly given names. In words it appears only in 八紘 (the whole world) and the wartime slogan 八紘一宇.

八紘はっこうthe whole world

八紘一宇はっこういちうall the world under one roof (wartime slogan)

八紘はっこうとは、四方しほうと四隅よすみ、つまり世界せかいのすみずみを指さす古ふるい言葉ことばだ。

Hakkō is an old word for the four directions and four corners, that is, every corner of the world.

八紘一宇はっこういちうは、戦時せんじ中ちゅうの日本にほんで使つかわれたスローガンの一ひとつだ。

Hakkō ichiu was one of the slogans used in wartime Japan.

祖父そふは孫まごに広ひろい世界せかいを見みてほしいと願ねがい、「紘こう」の字じを名前なまえに選えらんだ。

Hoping his grandchild would see the wide world, the grandfather chose the character 紘 for the child's name.