厂

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factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

factory · Heisig RSH #121

— as a component also called: cliff

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大厂回族自治县	Dà chǎng Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn	Dachang Hui Autonomous County, in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei
风力发电厂	fēng lì fā diàn chǎng	wind farm; wind park
火力发电厂	huǒ lì fā diàn chǎng	fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)
地热发电厂	dì rè fā diàn chǎng	geothermal electric power station
大厂县	Dà chǎng Xiàn	see 大廠回族自治縣\|大厂回族自治县[Da4 chang3 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
核发电厂	hé fā diàn chǎng	nuclear power plant
发电厂	fā diàn chǎng	power plant
化工厂	huà gōng chǎng	chemical factory; chemical plant
风电厂	fēng diàn chǎng	wind farm; wind park
石化厂	shí huà chǎng	petrochemical plant
加工厂	jiā gōng chǎng	processing plant
定点厂	dìng diǎn chǎng	factory designated by the state to make a particular product
热电厂	rè diàn chǎng	thermoelectric power plant
核电厂	hé diàn chǎng	nuclear power plant
制片厂	zhì piàn chǎng	film studio
出厂价	chū chǎng jià	factory price
兵工厂	bīng gōng chǎng	munitions factory
烟花厂	yān huā chǎng	firework factory
制药厂	zhì yào chǎng	pharmaceutical company; drugs manufacturing factory
厂子	chǎng zi	(coll.) factory; mill; yard; depot

These characters use 厂 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
厂 sound part	chǎng	cliff; factory, workshop; building
产	chǎn	to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
詹	zhān	talkative, verbose; surname