广

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

广 = + 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.
wide / numerous / to spread

广 = + 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 character breakdown

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

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

= + : 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

to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with

= 广 + + : Mnemonic symbol: from 应龙, responsive dragon. The responsive dragon knows every answer to every quiz question ever asked.

= 广 + + : Maud Younger and the responsive dragon want to peacefully take over engine: They skydive into engine's bathroom using two parachutes. On top of it, Maud Younger plays a flute, and the responsive dragon is waving with a daisy responding to the rhythm of the music.
to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

= + 广 + : Just as Charlie Chaplin (ch) entered the anthill (an2) he gets entangled (缠) into a mass of parachuting (广) silk worms (纟) which throw sunflowers (里) at him. Charlie Chaplin thinks that the silk worms are quite annoying (缠).
Tang dynasty (618-907) / surname Tang

= + 广 + : Mnemonic symbol: a tang jacket, 唐装.

Tecumseh (t) got lost in the anglepod as soon as he entered (ang2). He was able to call for help over radio though, so he drew big marks on the earth using a crayon (肀). His rescuers saw the sign soon afterwards from their plane and sent him mandarins (口), with a little parachute (广) attached to each mandarin. As Tecumseh received the first mandarin he was happily waving to the plane with his tang jacket (唐).
to exaggerate / empty / in vain / old variant of 螗[tang2]

= + 广 + : Mnemonic symbol: a tang jacket, 唐装.

Tecumseh (t) got lost in the anglepod as soon as he entered (ang2). He was able to call for help over radio though, so he drew big marks on the earth using a crayon (肀). His rescuers saw the sign soon afterwards from their plane and sent him mandarins (口), with a little parachute (广) attached to each mandarin. As Tecumseh received the first mandarin he was happily waving to the plane with his tang jacket (唐).
ordinary / to use

= 广 + + : Yu the Great (yu) crashes with her parachute (广) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and breaks her leg. Luckily she finds a first aid kit (用) right away, but inside there is just an ordinary (庸) crayon (肀) which she has no use (庸) for.
to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences

= + 广 + 廿 : Doggy Dog follows a rigid training plan in the space station's bathroom to spend his time, even though he is sick and has a fever. To measure the degree of intensity of his fever, he uses a thermometer to measure his temperature. Even while doing this he still boxes a flower pot (which he suspended from a parachute) with his boxing glove.

= + 广 + 廿 : Mnemonic symbol: a thermometer.
to estimate / Taiwan pr. [duo4]
variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat

= 广 + 廿 + : Marie Curie (xi) prepares to go back to earth and is ready to dash out of the space station's entrance (Ø2) at any moment. She fixed a parachute (广) to a woven seating mat (席), effectively seating her in an ejection seat. As a helmet she wears a flower pot (廿) on her head, and for style she added a towel (巾) which she fixed to her shoulders to wear as super hero cape.
woven mat / seat / banquet / place in a democratic assembly / classifier for banquets, conversations etc

= 广 + 廿 + : Marie Curie (xi) prepares to go back to earth and is ready to dash out of the space station's entrance (Ø2) at any moment. She fixed a parachute (广) to a woven seating mat (席), effectively seating her in an ejection seat. As a helmet she wears a flower pot (廿) on her head, and for style she added a towel (巾) which she fixed to her shoulders to wear as super hero cape.
surname Xi

= 广 + 廿 + : Marie Curie (xi) prepares to go back to earth and is ready to dash out of the space station's entrance (Ø2) at any moment. She fixed a parachute (广) to a woven seating mat (席), effectively seating her in an ejection seat. As a helmet she wears a flower pot (廿) on her head, and for style she added a towel (巾) which she fixed to her shoulders to wear as super hero cape.

Words with 广

Beijing and Guangdong
Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea
Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4], South Korea
the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou / abbr. for 北京、上海、廣州|北京、上海、广州
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen / abbr. for 北京、上海、廣州、深圳|北京、上海、广州、深圳
Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學|中国传媒大学[Zhong1 guo2 Chuan2 mei2 Da4 xue2]
Wu Guang (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) (2013-2018) (abbr. to 廣電總局|广电总局[Guang3 dian4 Zong3 ju2])

Sentences with 广

广 currently does not appear in any sentence.