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

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.
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.
to celebrate

= + 广 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) and the robot (大) are celebrating (庆) parachute day by parachuting (广) off the stones in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4).
temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial

= 广 + : 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.
warehouse / storehouse / (file) library

= 广 + : 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.
to abolish / to abandon / to abrogate / to discard / to depose / to oust / crippled / abandoned / waste

= + 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).
surname Pang

= 广 + : 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.
huge / enormous / tremendous

= 广 + : 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.
factory / yard / depot / workhouse / works / (industrial) plant

Mnemonic symbol: a chocolate factory. Charlie Chaplin (ch) is overjoyed to see that in the anglepod's living room (ang3), a small chocolate factory (厂) is for sale. He buys it, shaves his mustache, grows his hair a bit and renames himself to Willy Wonka to live in the chocolate factory.
(reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) build a dining hall (厅) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). She nailed (丁) a chocolate factory (厂) to the ceiling of the dining hall so that you just have to stand below it to let the chocolate flow into your mouth.
abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
tall building / mansion / rear annex / lean-to / also pr. [xia4]

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to investigate the chocolate factory (厂) in the ashram's bathroom (a4), but it is located on a tall building (厦). He cannot climb the tall building alone, so he asks a sherpa (夏) for help.
old variant of 庶[shu4]

= 广 + 廿 + : 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).
numerous / common people (or populace) / born of a concubine

= 广 + 廿 + : 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).
surname Liao
to protect / cover / shelter / hide or harbor

= 广 + : Brunhilde (bi) tries on the bikini (比) she didn't wear for a long time in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but it immediately rips apart. Fortunately she still has a parachute (广) nearby which she quickly uses to cover (庇) herself.

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.