palace courtyard

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) builds her own private courtyard (廷) out of four go-boards (廴) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). To be specific, she builds the courtyard for her cat o' nine tails (壬).

廷 character breakdown

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / ninth in order / letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 345° / nona

= 丿 + : Symbol: a cat o' nine tails. Robinson Crusoe wants to propose to the bachelor just inside the encampment's kitchen. To Robinson's despair, just as he presents his banana, a cat o' nine tails jumps between the two and eats the banana.
"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc

Mnemonic symbol: a "go" game board.

Characters with 廷 as component

a club (weapon)
bamboo pole / spindle
(literary) level and straight
(literary) in flames / on fire
brisket meat / straight
narrow forehead

Words with 廷

court (of king or emperor)
Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer
place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)
Thimphu, capital of Bhutan
court examination, the top grade imperial exam
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
an ambassador of the church / an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)

Sentences with 廷

廷 currently does not appear in any sentence.