main hall / front courtyard / law court

= 广 + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to one-up her palace courtyard (廷) for the cat-o-nine tails in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She upgrades it to the main hall (庭) by covering the walled courtyard with a parachute (广) as canopy.

庭 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.
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).

Characters with 庭 as component

庭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 庭

extended family / big family / harmonious group
public place with numerous people
as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart
backyard / imperial harem / (slang) anus
to be the reigning emperor / to ascend to the imperial throne
(law) collegiate bench / panel of judges
a family bereaved of its only child
International Court of Justice in The Hague

Sentences with 庭

nà
su̅n
wù
ko̅ng
shì
xià
jiè
xia̅n
rén
 
 
bù
dǒng
tia̅n
tíng
lǐ
jié