广
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
surname Guang
广
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亠
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丿
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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
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亠
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丿
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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).
Characters with 广 as component
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy
Tang dynasty (618-907) / surname Tang
唐
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口
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广
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肀
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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).
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]
唐
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口
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广
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肀
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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).
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 pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences
度
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又
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广
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廿
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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.
surname Xi
席
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广
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廿
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巾
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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
席
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广
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廿
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巾
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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
broadcast / CL:個|个[ge4] / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize
to extend / to spread / to popularize / generalization / promotion (of a product etc)
collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions
square dancing, an exercise routine performed to music in public squares, parks and plazas, popular esp. among middle-aged and retired women in China
Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty
Sentences with 广
广 currently does not appear in any sentence.