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.

廠 character breakdown

"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.
open to the view of all / spacious / to open wide / to disclose

= + : Open to the view of all (敞) Charlie Chaplin (ch) is just about to kill the Buddhist monk (尚) with a sledgehammer (攵) in the anglepod (ang3).

Characters with 廠 as component

廠 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 廠

factory / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4]
manufacturer / producer
chemical factory; chemical plant
to leave the factory (of finished goods)
printing house / print shop
Dachang Hui autonomous county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
large manufacturer
Dachang Hui autonomous county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
Dachang Hui autonomous county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
factory designated by the state to make a particular product
invoice / factory price
repair workshop (for machinery, vehicles etc)
factory history

Sentences with 廠

廠 currently does not appear in any sentence.