fāng

square

How it’s built

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a pictograph of a square tool, a part of a knife, or a raft.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 方 as a component, most common first.

放fàngto release 房fángbuilding 防fángto protect 旁pángside 访fǎngto visit 仿fǎngto imitate 芳fāngfragrant 妨fángdamage 纺fǎngto spin 坊fāngneighborhood 肪fánganimal fat 彷fǎngsimilar 邊biānborder 訪fǎngto visit 紡fǎngto spin

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