方丈

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	zhang (unit of measurement)
simp. and trad. (方丈)		方	丈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zoeng⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngzhàng → fāngzhang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄓㄤˋ → ㄈㄤ ˙ㄓㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangjhång
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-chang⁵
    • Yale: fāng-jang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang.janq
    • Palladius: фанчжан (fančžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ²/

Note: toneless - usually the Buddhist senses.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ zoeng⁶
    • Yale: fōng jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: pjang drjangX

Rime
Character	方	丈
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府良切	直兩切
Baxter	pjang	drjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/	/ɖɨɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/	/ɖiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/	/ȡiɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/	/ɖɨaŋX/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/	/ȡiaŋX/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/	/ȡĭaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/	/ȡʱi̯aŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	zhàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	zoeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C-paŋ  [d]raŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ  daŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	方	丈
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng	zhàng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›	‹ drjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*C-paŋ/	/*[d]raŋʔ/
English	square	ten feet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	方	丈
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3023	16836
Phonetic component	方	丈
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	方	丈
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*daŋʔ/
Notes	甲金文象槳即榜初文， 下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 方丈

1. (literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
2. (literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
3. (Chinese mythology) a mystic mountain in the sea
4. (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra
   1. (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
   2. (by extension) Buddhist abbot

Synonyms

• (Buddhist abbot): (Min Nan) 當家／当家 (dāngjiā), 當家師／当家师

Classifier

1. Classifier for the number of areas covered by a square of side length 1 zhang.

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 方丈

1. name of a mythical island

   齊人徐巿等上書，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬萊、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   齐人徐巿等上书，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬莱、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: 《史記•秦始皇本紀》

   Qí rén Xú 巿 děng shàngshū, yán hǎi zhōng yǒu sān shénshān, míng yuē Pénglái, Fāngzhàng, Yíngzhōu. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
方	丈
ほう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

方(ほう)丈(じょう) • (hōjō) ^{←はうぢやう (faudyau)?}

1. a square 丈 (jō); an enclosed area 3.03 by 3.03 meters in size
2. such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks