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

店

diàn = di + an4

inn / shop / store / CL:家[jia1]

店 = 占 + 广 : Dorothy Gale parachutes into anthill's bathroom. She immediately occupies it (marking the territory with a flag) to open her store.

店

diàn = di + an4

inn; old-style hotel / (bound form) shop; store / CL:家[jia1]

床

牀

chuáng = chu + ang2

variant of 床[chuang2]

床

chuáng = chu + ang2

bed / couch / classifier for beds / CL:張|张[zhang1]

床 = 广 + 木 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is celebrating Christmas just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). She got a new parachute (广) and immediately tries it out by skydiving from the top of the Christmas tree (木) into her bed (床).

座

zuò = zu + o4

seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4] / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

座 = 坐 + 广 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) attached parachutes (广) to benches made of dirt (坐) and plans to drop them over developing countries while he himself sits in a very comfy and luxurious cinema seat (座) in the observatory's bathroom (o4).

庄

zhua̅ng = zhu + ang1

variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]

庄

莊

zhua̅ng = zhu + ang1

farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)

庄 = 土 + 广 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is landing with his parachute (广) next to a farmstead (庄) in front of the anglepod (ang1). He is really bad at parachuting though and lands directly in the farms dung hill (土).

麻

蔴

má = m + a2

variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp

麻 = 广 + 林 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is busy deploying Christmas Trees (林) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He attaches each of the small forest's (林) trees to a parachute (广) using flax fiber (麻) and then throws them towards their destination.

麻

má = m + a2

generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb

麻

má = m + a2

surname Ma

庆

慶

qìng = qi + (e)ng4

to celebrate

庆 = 大 + 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).

府

fǔ = fu + Ø3

seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

府 = 付 + 广 : The White House still owes Frieda Fox a lot of pay-checks. Even though it hid in the space station, Frieda Fox surprises it by landing on it from above with a parachute. The White House has no option but to finally hand Frieda her pay-checks.

广

广 character breakdown

Characters with 广 as component

Words with 广

Sentences with 广