广

yǎn = y + an3

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

surname Guang

广 = 亠 + 丿 : The English Wiktionary lists "canopy" as a possible meaning, and an example for a canopy is the upper part of a parachute. That's what I'll use to represent this character in other characters. In the anglepod, Gitta Giraffe just invented the art of building a parachute out of berets and bananas, using the berets as canopy and banana peels as strings. Soon, this new sport spreads all over the world as the new thing to do.

广

廣

guǎng = gu + ang3

wide / numerous / to spread

广 character breakdown

广
- 丿
- 亠
  - 一
  - 丶

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

亠

tóu = t + ou2

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

亠 = 丶 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).

Characters with 广 as component

庙

廟

miào = mi + ao4

temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial

庙 = 广 + 由 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) is about to skydive. With her parachute (广) already on her back she visits the shrine (庙) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) and donates a Cubra Libre (由) to put the god of skydiving in a good mood.

旷

曠

kuàng = ku + ang4

to neglect / to skip (class or work) / to waste (time) / vast / loose-fitting

旷 = 广 + 日 : The sun (日) is lecturing Karl Koala (ku) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4), but Karl Koala rather skips class (旷) by hiding under a wide (旷) parachute (广) and playing video games in his hideout.

库

庫

kù = ku + Ø4

warehouse / storehouse / (file) library

库 = 广 + 车 : Karl Koala (ku) ordered a new cabriolet (车), and it's going to be delivered to his garage (库) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). The new cabriolet is being thrown off suspended from a parachute (广), but unfortunately it hits the garage with Karl's old car and smashes it.

矿

礦

kuàng = ku + ang4

ore / mine

矿 = 广 + 石 : Karl Koala (ku) got a new job at the coal mine (矿) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). The entrance to the tunnel lies quite high, so every time Karl brings out another coal stone (石) he attaches it to a small parachute (广) and lets it fly down to the floor.

矿

鑛

kuàng = ku + ang4

variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]

废

癈

fèi = f + ei4

variant of 廢|废[fei4] / disabled

废 = 发 + 广 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) checks his parachute (广) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4) and finds that there is a very long hair (发) and everything is entangled and mixed up. The parachute is a total loss and he will have to get rid of it (废).

废

廢

fèi = f + ei4

to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste

庞

龐

páng = p + ang2

surname Pang

庞 = 广 + 龙 : Pinocchio (p) is preparing a tremendously huge (庞) dragon (龙) for the Chinese new year in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He makes the huge dragon by sewing one hundred parachutes (广) into the right shape.

庞

龐

páng = p + ang2

huge / enormous / tremendous

廓

kuò = ku + o4

big / empty / open

廓 = 广 + 郭 : Karl Koala (ku) is practicing his skydiving skills in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He set up a big (廓), open (廓) ring of outer city walls (郭) which he tries to land in when he jumps from the ceiling with his parachute (广) on.

序

xù = xu + Ø4

order / sequence / preface

序 = 予 + 广 : Due to an emergency Xu Xian (xu) and Zai Yu (予) both have to leave the space station from the bathroom (Ø4) and parachute (广) back to earth. They just cannot decide on the sequence (序) of who's going first.

扩

擴

kuò = ku + o4

to enlarge

扩 = 广 + 扌 : Karl Koala (ku) wants to enlarge (扩) his parachute (广) in the observatory's bathroom (o4), so he stretches it with two toy claws (扌).

廊

láng = l + ang2

corridor / veranda / porch

廊 = 广 + 郎 : Lancelot (l) is sitting on the porch (廊) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2) when suddenly little parachutes (广) with each a franc (郎) attached land on his porch (廊).

疒

nè = n + e4

sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2]

疒 = 亠 + 广 : Napoleon started a war, and his first act is to parachute into the elevator's bathroom, wearing his military beret and all. He's lucky to have landed in the bathroom because unfortunately he's sick, with a colorful rash all about his skin and the urge to puke.

Words with 广

上

shàng

海

hǎi

广

广 character breakdown

Characters with 广 as component

Words with 广

Sentences with 广