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方

fāng

HSK 5 Character

What 方 means

1. square
2. power or involution (math.)
3. upright
4. honest
5. fair and square
6. direction
7. side
8. party (to a contract, dispute etc)
9. place
10. method
11. prescription (medicine)
12. just when
13. only or just
14. classifier for square things
15. abbr. for square or cubic meter

Other readings

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

• Fāngsurname Fang

Example sentences

• 什么地方
  Shénmedìfang
  What place?
• 这很方便。
  That's very handy.
• 这是什么地方
  What is this place?
• 你太大方了。
  Nǐ tài dàfāng le.
  You're too generous.
• 她去了远方。
  Tā qù le yuǎnfāng.
  She went far away.
• 换种方式说。
  Say it in another way.

Words starting with 方

• 方面fāng miànrespect; aspect; field
• 方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc)
• 方法fāng fǎmethod; way; technique; procedure
• 方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare
• 方向fāng xiàngdirection; orientation
• 方案fāng ànplan; program (for action etc); proposal
• 方言fāng yántopolect; dialect
• 方针fāng zhēnpolicy; guidelines
• 方位fāng wèidirection; points of the compass; bearing
• 方才fāng cáijust now; then
• 方便面fāng biàn miàninstant noodles
• 方舟fāng zhōuark
• 方向盘fāng xiàng pánsteering wheel
• 方圆fāng yuánperimeter; range; (within) a radius of ...
• 方方面面fāng fāng miàn miànall sides; all aspects; multifaceted
• 方正fāng zhèngclear and square; neat; square (person)
• 方块fāng kuàicube; block; square; diamond ♦ (in card games)
• 方形fāng xíngsquare; square-shaped
• 方丈fāng zhangsquare zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square…
• 方程fāng chéng(math) equation
• 方程式fāng chéng shì(math) equation
• 方法论fāng fǎ lùnmethodology
• 方子fāng ziprescription (medicine)
• 方格fāng géchecked pattern; square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character

Words containing 方

• 地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration); local
• 北方běi fāngnorth; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
• 对方duì fāngthe other person; the other side; the other party
• 双方shuāng fāngbilateral; both sides; both parties involved
• 大方dà fanggenerous; magnanimous; stylish
• 平方píng fāngsquare (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
• 立方lì fāngcube (math.); abbr. for 立方体; abbr. for 立方米
• 西方Xī fāngthe West; the Occident; Western countries
• 官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
• 想方设法xiǎng fāng shè fǎto think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means…
• 千方百计qiān fāng bǎi jìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
• 比方bǐ fanganalogy; illustrative example; for instance
• 南方nán fāngsouth; southern direction; (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of…
• 警方jǐng fāngpolice
• 一方面yī fāng miànon the one hand
• 平方米píng fāng mǐsquare meter
• 另一方面lìng yī fāng miànon the other hand; another aspect
• 一方yī fānga party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area
• 前方qián fāngahead; the front
• 远方yuǎn fāngfar away; a distant location
• 生活方式shēng huó fāng shìway of life; lifestyle
• 不方便bù fāng biàninconvenience; inconvenient
• 上方shàng fāngplace above (it); upper part (of it)
• 平方公里píng fāng gōng lǐsquare kilometer

Characters that look like 方

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

• 万wànten thousand; a great number
• 牙yátooth; ivory
• 右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center…

Sounds the same

Read fāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 芳fragrant
• 坊lane (usually as part of a street name); memorial archway
• 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