方面

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (方面)		方	面

Etymology

Attestable in ancient Chinese texts; in the modern sense of "aspect", reborrowing from Japanese 方面(ほうめん) (hōmen).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 方面

1. aspect; side; (on the one) hand; facet; respect (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. (archaic) direction
3. (archaic) one direction
4. (archaic) four directions; all sides; all around
5. (archaic) official post; duty

Usage notes

• It is acceptable to use 方面 (fāngmiàn) both with or without a classifier; both 三方面 (sān fāngmiàn) and 三個方面／三个方面 (sān ge fāngmiàn) are commonly used.
• When using the term with 這／这 (zhè) or 那 (nà), both 這（那）一方面／这（那）一方面 (zhè (nà) yī fāngmiàn) and 這（那）個方面／这（那）个方面 (zhè (nà) ge fāngmiàn) are acceptable constructions, the former being more formal than the latter.
• Unlike in Japanese, 方面 (fāngmiàn) in modern Chinese never conveys the meaning of direction; 方向 (fāngxiàng) is used instead.

Synonyms

• (aspect): 側面／侧面 (cèmiàn), 面向 (miànxiàng)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
方	面
ほう Grade: 2	めん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

方(ほう)面(めん) • (hōmen) 

1. direction
2. area, district
3. field of study, line of work

Synonyms

• (direction): 方向(ほうこう) (hōkō), 方針(ほうしん) (hōshin)
• (area): 地域(ちいき) (chiiki)
• (field): 分野(ぶんや) (bun'ya), 領域(りょういき) (ryōiki)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
方	面

Noun

方面 • (bangmyeon) (hangeul 방면)

1. hanja form^? of 방면 (“direction; field, area”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
方	面

Noun

方面

1. chữ Hán form of phương diện (“aspect; bearing”).