坊 (fāng): surname Fang
坊 (fāng) is a Chinese character meaning “surname fang.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 方 (phonetic). It ranks #3020 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 坊 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 土 (tǔ, earth, soil), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- surname Fang
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磨坊noun | mò fáng | mill |
| 街坊noun | jiē fāng | neighborhood |
| 作坊noun | zuō fang | workshop (of artisan) |
| 牌坊noun | pái fāng | memorial arch |
| 潍坊proper-noun | wéi fāng | see 濰坊市|潍坊市 |
| 染坊 | rǎn fáng | dyehouse |
| 茶坊noun | chá fáng | teahouse |
| 又想当婊子又想立牌坊 | yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng | lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom) |
| 既要当婊子又要立牌坊 | jì yào dāng biǎo zi yòu yào lì pái fāng | see 又想當婊子又想立牌坊|又想当婊子又想立牌坊 |
| 坊间传言 | fāng jiān chuán yán | rumors |
| 本因坊秀策 | běn yīn fāng xiù cè | Honinbo Shusaku (1829–1862), Japanese professional Go player, regarded as one of the greatest in the history of the game |
| 本因坊 | běn yīn fāng | Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940) |
| 工作坊noun | gōng zuò fāng | workshop |
| 以太坊noun | yǐ tài fáng | Ethereum |
| 坊子区 | fāng zǐ qū | Fangzi, a district of Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong |
坊 appears in 33 compound words: 12 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 坊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
坊生土长的他对这片土地充满感情。
fāng shēng tǔ cháng de tā duì zhè piàn tǔ dì chōng mǎn gǎn qíng .
Having grown up here, he has a deep attachment to this land.
大溪厝水环境教育园区 手作工坊再造废弃粒料
dà xī 厝 shuǐ huán jìng jiào yù yuán qū shǒu zuò gōng fāng zài zào fèi qì lì liào
Daxicuo Water Environment Education Park: Handicraft Workshop Repurposes Waste Granules
免疫功坊TE-8105舌下剂型突破 抢攻长效GL...
miǎn yì gōng fāng T E 8 1 0 5 shé xià jì xíng tū pò qiǎng gōng cháng xiào G L . . .
Immune Workshop TE-8105 Sublingual Formulation Breakthrough: Targeting Long-Acting GL...
...喂奶一边做dna检查要选正规机构吗?黑作坊可能导致结果错误吗
. . . wéi nǎi yī biān zuò d n a jiǎn chá yāo xuǎn zhèng guī jī gòu ma ? hēi zuò fāng kě néng dǎo zhì jié guǒ cuò wù ma
... Should I choose a formal institution for DNA testing while breastfeeding? Can a black workshop cause wrong results?
油塘老翁疑用拐杖袭击白鸽惹街坊报案 警发现鸽尸 暂无人被捕
yóu táng lǎo wēng yí yòng guǎi zhàng xí jī bái gē rě jiē fāng bào àn jǐng fā xiàn gē shī zàn wú rén bèi bǔ
An old man in Yau Tong was suspected of attacking a white pigeon with a cane, provoking neighbors to report the case, and the police found the pigeon's carcass, and no one was arrested
...ello Kitty弃垃圾桶旁 将军澳街坊目击前传后传 网民忆凶案旧事觉心寒|Ju...
. . . e l l o K i t t y qì lā jī tǒng páng jiāng jūn ào jiē fāng mù jī qián chuán hòu chuán wǎng mín yì xiōng àn jiù shì jué xīn hán J u . . .
... Ello Kitty throws away next to the trash can Tseung Kwan O neighborhood witnesses the prequel and sequel Netizens recall the old murder case and feel chilled| Ju...
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 土 (earth) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced fāng
Frequently Asked Questions
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