The kanji 幅 primarily conveys the concept of "width," "breadth," or "extent." It refers to the distance across something or the range that something covers. It can also imply a range or scope.

・On-yomi (音読み): フク (fuku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): はば (haba)

⚫︎幅 (はば) が広い Translation: Wide; broad. ⚫︎道路の幅 (どうろのはば) Translation: The width of the road. ⚫︎心の幅 (こころのはば) Translation: The scope of one's heart/mind.

The kanji 幅 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字 - keisei moji). The left side is a radical called ㇒ (kawahen), which means “side”, “edge”, or “boundary”. The right side of the character is 音 (on), which has to do with sound. The character originally depicted a strip of cloth with its boundary, and the meaning of width naturally grew from it.