方

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Suffix 3.3 Etymology 3.3.1 Suffix 3.3.2 Derived terms 3.3.3 See also 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.2 Adverb 5.3 Noun 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Min Nan 6.1 Noun 6.2 Noun 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

方 (Yale fong1)

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[edit] 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)

[edit] Suffix

方 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. way, method (of doing)

[edit] Etymology

pe > ɸe > we > e.

[edit] Suffix

方 (romaji e, historical hiragana へ)

1. a suffix expressing location, direction, or time

[edit] Derived terms

• 古
• 行方

[edit] See also

• 法

[edit] Kanji

方 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

方正 方形 方式

方術 方法

方面 方針

夕方 味方

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方
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 모()

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

[edit] Adverb

方 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fāng)

1. (literary) just now

[edit] 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.

[edit] Compounds

• 方响
• 方響

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, POJ hong)

1. aspect; side

   方面 (hong-bīn): aspect; side

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方 (traditional and simplified, POJ hng)

1. region

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

方 (phương, vuông)