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

席

蓆

xí = xi + Ø2

variant of 席[xi2] / woven mat

席 = 广 + 廿 + 巾 : 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.

席

xí = xi + Ø2

surname Xi

康

ka̅ng = k + ang1

healthy / peaceful / abundant

康 = 广 + 隶 : Both Karl Marx (k) and the seated scribe (隶) are not the youngest ones around anymore. To proof themselves that they are still very fit and healthy (康), they skydive (广) and land in front of the anglepod (ang1). As they are just about to touch the ground they high-five.

康

ka̅ng = k + ang1

surname Kang

底

de = d + e5

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

底

dǐ = di + Ø3

background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base

底 = 广 + 氐 : The space station's old concrete foundation has been broken up, and Dorothy Gale wants to send the remnants of the foundation back to the base on earth using parachutes.

庭

tíng = ti + (e)ng2

main hall / front courtyard / law court

庭 = 广 + 廷 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to one-up her palace courtyard (廷) for the cat-o-nine tails in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She upgrades it to the main hall (庭) by covering the walled courtyard with a parachute (广) as canopy.

廉

lián = li + an2

incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)

廉 = 兼 + 广 : Li Qingzhao (li) tries to sell her double (兼) a parachute (广) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Her selling point is that the product is very beautiful but the price is very low (廉).

廉

㢘

lián = li + an2

old variant of 廉[lian2]

廉

亷

lián = li + an2

old variant of 廉[lian2]

廉

lián = li + an2

surname Lian

庶

shù = shu + Ø4

numerous / common people (or populace) / born of a concubine

庶 = 广 + 廿 + 灬 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) arrived at the space station, but as soon as he got rid of his parachute (广) in the bathroom (Ø4) some bastard (庶) put him in a flower pot (廿) with water and boiled him on a grill (灬).

庶

庻

shù = shu + Ø4

old variant of 庶[shu4]

Words with 广

上

shàng

海

hǎi

广

广 character breakdown

Characters with 广 as component

Words with 广

Sentences with 广