The kanji 弘 generally conveys the meaning of "vast," "wide," "expand," "great," or "promote." It implies something that is extensive, broad in scope, or generous. It often relates to the idea of spreading something or making it known on a large scale.

・On-yomi (音読み): こう (kō) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ひろ.い (hiro.i) - meaning "wide," "spacious"

⚫︎ 弘前 (ひろさき) Translation: Hirosaki (a city in Aomori Prefecture) ⚫︎ 弘法大師 (こうぼうだいし) Translation: Kōbō-Daishi (a posthumous title for the Buddhist monk Kūkai) ⚫︎ 弘める (ひろめる) Translation: to spread; to propagate; to disseminate; to popularize

The kanji 弘 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), which means it's a character that combines a semantic component (meaning) with a phonetic component (sound). The left side is a part of 弓 (kyū), meaning "bow." The right side 厶 (mu) is a phonetic component, and now it does not have a specific meaning. The original meaning might relate to the bow's wide arc, visually suggesting "vastness" or "expansion".