開方

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
trad. (開方)		開	方
simp. (开方)		开	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāifāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ fong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khôi-fông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāifāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaifang
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-fang¹
    • Yale: kāi-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaifang
    • Palladius: кайфан (kajfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ fong¹
    • Yale: hōi fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khôi-fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi´ fong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ foŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khoj pjang

Rime
Character	開	方
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	苦哀切	府良切
Baxter	khoj	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌi/	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəi/	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒi/	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəj/	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀi/	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/kʰɒi/	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆i/	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kāi	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi1	fong1

Verb

開⫽方 (verb-object)

1. (arithmetic) to extract a root
2. to write a prescription

Synonyms

• (to extract a root): 開根／开根 (kāigēn)
• (to write a prescription):

• 派藥／派药 (Hokkien)
• 處方／处方 (chǔfāng)
• 開方子／开方子 (kāi fāngzi)
• 開藥／开药 (kāiyào)
• 開藥仔／开药仔 (Min Nan)

 

See also

• 平方 (píngfāng)
• 立方 (lìfāng)
• 開方／开方 (kāifāng)
• 方根 (fānggēn)

Proper noun

開方

1. a minion of Duke Huan of Qi, sometimes identified as Duke Wen of Wei

Japanese

Kanji in this term
開	方
かい Grade: 3	ほう Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 開方 – see the following entry.

【開法かいほう】 [noun] (mathematics) methods to solve for the roots of numbers and equations

(This term, 開方, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)