庭

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main hall; front courtyard; law court

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A wide 广 couryard 廷; 廷 also provides the pronunciation

Components 广廷

court of law · Heisig RSH #855

cave + 廷 royal court

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
地主家庭	dì zhǔ jiā tíng	land-owning household
原生家庭	yuán shēng jiā tíng	family of origin
门庭如市	mén tíng rú shì	see 門庭若市\|门庭若市[men2 ting2 ruo4 shi4]
家庭作业	jiā tíng zuò yè	homework
家庭成员	jiā tíng chéng yuán	family member
家庭主夫	jiā tíng zhǔ fū	househusband
军事法庭	jūn shì fǎ tíng	court-martial; military tribunal
大家庭	dà jiā tíng	extended family; big family; harmonious group
家庭教师	jiā tíng jiào shī	tutor
国际战争罪法庭	guó jì zhàn zhēng zuì fǎ tíng	International war crimes tribunal
国际法庭	Guó jì Fǎ tíng	International Court of Justice in The Hague
重组家庭	chóng zǔ jiā tíng	blended family
单亲家庭	dān qīn jiā tíng	single parent family
黄庭经	Huáng tíng Jīng	Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism
家庭暴力	jiā tíng bào lì	domestic violence
失独家庭	shī dú jiā tíng	a family bereaved of its only child
家庭影院	jiā tíng yǐng yuàn	home cinema; home theater
门庭若市	mén tíng ruò shì	front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom); a place with many visitors
农家庭院	nóng jiā tíng yuàn	farmyard
宗教法庭	Zōng jiào Fǎ tíng	Inquisition (religion)