The Radical: 广


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Meaning
building    广

Explanation Radical: madare - A similar radical stands for cliff.

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
wide, spacious
hiroi,
广
Left: building 广, below: nose (in side view)
(As a real estate agent) I find a building with my (good) nose, that is wide and spacious.
JLPT 5Joyo 2
shop, store, booth, kiosk
mise, tana, TEN
广
Top: building 广, below: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. - Here: a key with the teeth and the handle )
The building that is locked with a key is: a shop.
JLPT 3Joyo 3
warehouse, storehouse
KO
广
Outside: building 广, inside: vehicle (A hand-cart seen from above with axle , loading area and two wheels )
A building with a vehicle is a warehouse.
JLPT 3Joyo 3
garden, (back-)yard
niwa, TEI
广
Building 广 and: court (The samurai with a hat [= the judge] moves to the court.)
The building of the court is in the garden.
JLPT 4Joyo 3
degree, x-times, extent
tabi, DO, TAKU
广 廿
Left: building 广, below: various objects 廿 [=twenty], hand
In this building is an object that I have in my hand to measure the degrees various times.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
health, peace

广
Left: building 广, below: (hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick which stirs a liquid ) [cf. to catch ]
In a building a hand stirs a soup which is for the health.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
seat, place
SEKI
广 廿
Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿 (=twenty), cloth
In the building, they use objects of cloth as seats.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
floor, bottom
soko, TEI
广
Outside: building 广, below: bottom/floor 氐 (= The family is sitting on the floor )
In the house, the family is sitting on the floor.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
urban prefecture
FU
广
Left and top: building 广, rest: attach (Person with skillful hand attaches sth.)
The buildings that are attaching, belong to the prefecture.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
(positive) respond, affirmative, accept, agreement
Ō
广
Outside: building 广, below: heart
A building with heart brings a positive response.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
ore, mineral

广
Left: metal (Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: wide ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose , that is wide and spacious)
Metal is common (= widely spread) in form of ore.
JLPT 1Joyo 5
foreword, preface, beginning, order, occation
tsuide, JO
广
Top: building 广, below: beforehand/prior (To make a bent nail into a straight nail is done: prior - Don't confuse with spear )
In the building, they begin with a foreword.
JLPT 2Joyo 6
spread, broaden, expand, widen
KAKU
广
Left: hand , right: wide ([As a real estate agent] I find a building 广 with my (good) nose , that is wide and spacious.)
(i.e. when dispersing seeds on a field) By hand you can widely spread.
JLPT 2Joyo 6
seat, sit, gather
suwaru, ZA
广
From top: building 广, 坐 (=2 persons , earth/ground )
In the building, two persons use the ground for sitting.
JLPT 2Joyo 6
government office
CHŌ
广
Top: building 广, below: city block
In the building of that city block is the government office.
JLPT 1Joyo 6
sugar

广
Left: rice , right: Tang dynasty (building 广, hand ナ/ヨ holding a pestle , mortar /)
The rice is processed in the building by hand with pestle and mortar into: Sugar.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
joy, congratulation, jubilation
KEI
广 鹿
Top: variation of deer 鹿 (originally a pictograph), below: var. of love [= A hand reaching down to cover the heart of the person sitting cross-legged : That is love.]
Deer and love mean joy.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
intercept, obstruct, interrupt
saegiru, SHA
广 廿
Left: movement , right: common, various (In a building 广 the objects 廿 on the fire are various) - Here: 廿 as the horns of animals, cf.: leather
(No free-range livestock): We have the stable/hutch 广 for the animals (horns 廿 and 4 legs ) such that their movement is: intercept/ interrupted.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
common, various, illegitimate bastard
SHO
广 廿
From top: building 广, various objects, 20 廿 (here: cooking pot), fire
A house with a cooking pot on the fire: That's just common.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
bed, floor
toko, yuka, SHŌ
广
Top: building 广, below: tree
It's in the building and it's wooden: My bed and the floor.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
make up, cosmetics, adorn
SHŌ
广
Left: rice , right: [cottage] 庄 (building 广 and earth/ground )
If the rice is in the building all over the floor, it has a nice make-up.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
cross, hand over, go across
wataru/su, TO
广 廿
Left: water , right: degree/extent (In this building 广 is an object 廿, I take in my hand to measure the degrees various times.)
Water of this degree (temperature or depth) can be crossed.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
Tang-China
kara,
广
Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, pestle , mortar
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar in the Tang Dynasty. (It was 618-907 AD and a heyday. - Maybe that's why people peacefully prepared food in the mortar?)
JLPT 1Joyo 7
abolish, obsolete, abandon, decline, discard, ruin
sutaru/reru, HAI
广
Outside: building 广, below: departure, leave (When the volcano erupts, I get on both legs for departure)
From this building they "departed", it was abolished as a ruin.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rot, decay, go bad, sour
kusaru/reru, FU
广
Top: (urban) prefecture, government (building 广, attach [Person with skillful hand attaches sth.]), below: meat
If sb. attaches meat to a building, it will rot.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
hemp, flax
asa, MA
广
Left: building 广, below: forest
(Well protected) in a building is a whole "forest" of hemp.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rub, chafe, polish, graze, scrape, wear
suru, MA
广
Outside and top: hemp (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest of hemp.), below: hand (cf. polish )
Take hemp into the hand for: rubbing or polishing.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
polish, rub, burnish, clean
migaku, MA
广
Outside and top: hemp (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest of hemp), below: stone
With hemp stones can be polished.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
demon, devil
MA
广
Outside and top: hemp (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest of hemp.), below: devil (= death mask [mark , field ] with legs and nose )
Hemp is a devil: like a demon.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
ordinary, work, mediocre

广
Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, holding a pestle , combined with use [A fence can be used.]
When in a building a hand uses a pestle, it is very ordinary.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bargain, cheap, honest, clean, suspicion
REN
广
Outside: building 广, below: combine, concurrently (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants combined.)
(i.e. terraced [=serial] houses or a condo ="condominium"): Buildings that are combined are cheaper.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
corridor, walkway

广
Outside: building 广, below: husband/man (= the good one in the village)
(He guards the entrance?) In the building you'll find the husband on the corridor.

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