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坊

fāng

Character

What 坊 means

1. lane (usually as part of a street name)
2. memorial archway

Other readings

坊 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fángworkshop; mill; Taiwan pr. fāng
• Fāngsurname Fang

Example sentences

• 我父亲以前是磨坊主。
  My dad used to be a miller.

Words starting with 坊

• 坊间fāng jiān(originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public…
• 坊子区Fāng zǐ QūFangzi, a district of Weifang City 潍坊市
• 坊间传言fāng jiān chuán yánrumors; the word on the street
• 坊子Fāng zǐsee 坊子区

Words containing 坊

• 作坊zuō fangworkshop (of artisan)
• 街坊jiē fāngneighborhood; neighbor
• 牌坊pái fāngmemorial arch
• 磨坊mò fángmill
• 茶坊chá fángteahouse
• 工坊gōng fángworkshop
• 教坊jiào fāngimperial bureau responsible for music, dance and court entertainments; (old) brothel
• 槽坊cáo fangbrewery; papermaking craft shop (in former times)
• 赌坊dǔ fāng(archaic) gambling house
• 以太坊Yǐ tài fángEthereum
• 工作坊gōng zuò fāngworkshop; atelier; studio; (Taiwan) workshop; seminar
• 廊坊市Láng fáng ShìLangfang, prefecture-level city in Hebei Province 河北省
• 搭街坊dā jiē fangto become neighbors
• 本因坊Běn yīn fāngHoninbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940); title held by the winner of the Honinbo…
• 磨坊主mò fáng zhǔmiller
• 香坊区Xiāng fāng QūXiangfang, a district of Harbin City 哈尔滨市
• 街坊邻里jiē fang lín lǐneighbors; the whole neighborhood
• 贞节牌坊zhēn jié pái fāngmemorial arch in honor of a chaste widow
• 本因坊秀策Běn yīn fāng Xiù cèHoninbo Shusaku (1829–1862), Japanese professional Go player, regarded as one of the…
• 批踢踢实业坊Pī tī tī Shí yè FāngPTT Bulletin Board System (Tw)
• 碾坊niǎn fánggrain mill
• 潍坊市Wéi fāng ShìWeifang, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省
• 街坊四邻jiē fang sì línneighbors; the whole neighborhood
• 又想当婊子又想立牌坊yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fānglit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity…

Characters built on 方

These share the phonetic component 方 (fāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 放fàngto put; to place; to release
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 访fǎng(bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric

Characters that look like 坊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 枋fāngSantalum album; square wooden pillar

Sounds the same

Read fāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 方square; power or involution (math.); upright
• 芳fragrant
• 枋Santalum album; square wooden pillar
• 邡used in 什邡
• 钫francium (chemistry)
• 匚"right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 etc
• 淓name of a river
• 蚄used in 虸蚄