方
square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #114 U+65B9
How 方 is formed
components: 亠
? unknown part
How to remember it
direction · Heisig RSH #494
dagger + top hat — as a component also called: compass
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 方 as their sound component
These characters all use 方 (fāng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方 sound component | fāng | square, rectangle; side; region; flag |
| 放 | fàng | to release, to liberate, to free |
| 房 | fáng | building, house, room |
| 防 | fáng | to protect, to defend, to guard against |
| 访 | fǎng | to visit; to inquire, to ask |
| 旁 | páng | side; beside, close, nearby |
| 仿 | fǎng | to imitate, to copy; fake; as if |
| 坊 | fāng | neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill |
| 芳 | fāng | fragrant; beautiful, virtuous |
| 纺 | fǎng | to spin, to weave, to reel |
| 肪 | fáng | animal fat |
| 妨 | fáng | damage, harm; to impede, to obstruct; to undermine |
| 邡 | fāng | a district in Sichuan province |
| 彷 | páng | similar, alike; to resemble |
| 舫 | fǎng | yacht, fancy boat |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn, daybreak; to appear |
| 鲂 | fáng | bream |
| 钫 | fāng | francium |
Words containing 方
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大方县 | Dà fāng Xiàn | Dafang, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 方山县 | Fāng shān Xiàn | Fangshan, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 中方县 | Zhōng fāng Xiàn | Zhongfang, a county in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan |
| 地方性 | dì fāng xìng | local |
| 大方之家 | dà fāng zhī jiā | learned person; expert in a certain field; abbr. to 方家[fang1 jia1] |
| 西方人 | Xī fāng rén | Westerner; Occidental |
| 一方面 | yī fāng miàn | on the one hand |
| 方子 | fāng zi | prescription (medicine) |
| 大方 | Dà fāng | see 大方縣|大方县[Da4 fang1 Xian4] |
| 大方 | dà fāng | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea |
| 大方 | dà fang | generous; magnanimous; stylish; in good taste; easy-mannered; natural and relaxed |
| 方文山 | Fāng Wén shān | Vincent Fang (1969-), Taiwanese multi-Golden Melody Award lyricist |
| 大大方方 | dà dà fāng fāng | confident; calm; natural; poised |
| 方法学 | fāng fǎ xué | methodology |
| 一方 | yī fāng | a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region |
| 方山 | Fāng shān | see 方山縣|方山县[Fang1 shan1 Xian4] |
| 方头 | fāng tóu | square headed |
| 中方 | Zhōng fāng | the Chinese side (in an international venture) |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration); local |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4] |