坊

See also: 城

Translingual

Han character

坊 (radical 32 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜竹尸 (GYHS), four-corner 4012₇, composition ⿰土方)

1. neighborhood, urban subdivision
2. lane (as in a street name)
3. memorial archway
4. a surname
5. piazza; square
6. workshop

References

• KangXi: page 225, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4924
• Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 427, character 1
• Unihan data for U+574A
• MDBG Chinese-English Dictionary (CC-CEDICT)

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Cantonese

Hanzi

坊 (Yale fong1)

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Japanese

See also -坊

Kanji

坊

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. Monk's residence
2. Monk
3. Boy, "sonny"
4. City precinct

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: まち (machi), へや (heya), てら (tera)

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Korean

Hanja

坊 (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune-Reischauer pang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

坊 (Pinyin fāng (fang1), Wade-Giles fang¹)

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See also

• 广场 (guǎngchǎng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

坊 (phường, phương)

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