客厅
kètīng · HSK 5
room
🛋️ 客 (guest) + 厅 (hall) = guest hall, where you receive visitors
客 means guest or visitor; 厅 means hall or large room. Together: the hall where guests are received — the living room. Same 厅 appears in 餐厅 (dining hall) and 大厅 (lobby).
厅 — factory radical 厂 + ding 丁
厅 is the simplified form of 廳, originally written with the 广 (building) radical to mean a hall or large room. The simplified version uses 厂 as the semantic component (a shelter or building) plus 丁 as the phonetic, hinting at the sound tīng. It now means hall, lobby, or government office.