Radical 厂

2 strokes

廠

This character, whose basic meaning is “cliff ”, appears in quite a few composite characters. On its own, however, the character nowadays means “factory”.

工厂 (147) gōngchǎng factory

/ [DIY Pronunciation]. This is one of the very few basic building blocks that has a DIY pronunciation, so you can choose simply to learn the pronunciation, or make up a wheel story. Perhaps Teddy is rolling a large wheel off a cliff, almost hitting Mr Chang (Chang later tells this tale to his grandson, who we will meet in the next chapter working on the spaceship).