方

See also 万

Translingual

Stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

Han character

方 (radical 70 方+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹尸 (YHS), four-corner 0022₇)

1. a square, rectangle
2. a region
3. local
4. prescription, recipe
5. method, way
6. (math) involution, power
7. direction
8. a Chinese surname

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/方
• 坊 防 妨 肪 芳

See also

• 万
• 敫

References

• KangXi: page 481, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13620
• Dae Jaweon: page 842, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2172, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65B9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

方 (Yale fong1)

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Japanese

Noun

方 (hiragana ほう, romaji hō)

1. direction, way, side

方 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. person (a polite version of 人 (ひと, hito))

   あの方。

   あのかた。

   Ano kata.

   That person. (polite)

   あの方はどなたですか。

   あのかたはどなたですか。

   Ano kata wa donata desu ka.

   Who is that man? (formal)

Synonyms

• 人 (ひと) (plain)

Suffix

方 (hiragana かた, romaji -kata)

1. way, method (of doing)

Etymology

pe > ɸe > we > e.

Suffix

方 (romaji -e, historical hiragana へ)

1. a suffix expressing location, direction, or time

Derived terms

• 古
• 行方

See also

• 法

Kanji

方 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: かた (kata), ならべる (naraberu), くらべる (kuraberu)

Compounds

方正 (ほうせい, hōsei) 方形 (ほうけい, hōkei) 方式 (ほうしき, hōshiki)

方術 (ほうじゅつ, hōjutsu) 方法 (ほうほう, hōhō) 方面 (ほうめん, hōmen)

方針 (ほうしん, hōshin) 夕方 (ゆうがた, yūgata) 味方 (みかた, mikata)

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Korean

Hanja

方
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 방 (revised: bang, McCune-Reischauer: pang, Yale: pang)

• Name (hangeul): 모()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

方 (pinyin fāng (fang1), fēng (feng1), páng (pang2), wǎng (wang3), Wade-Giles fang¹, feng¹, p'ang², wang³)

Adverb

方 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fāng)

1. (literary) just now

Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fāng)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) square; rectangle
2. (Intermediate Mandarin) aspect; side
3. (Intermediate Mandarin) place; region
4. (Intermediate Mandarin) method; way
5. (Intermediate Mandarin) prescription
6. (Intermediate Mandarin) power (mathematics)

   2的3次方是8

   2 to the 3rd power is 8.

Compounds

• 方响
• 方響

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Min Nan

Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, POJ hong)

1. aspect; side

   方面 (hong-bīn): aspect; side

Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, POJ hng)

1. region

   地方 (tē-hng or tōe-hng): regional; local

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Vietnamese

Han character

方 (phương, vuông)