方 (fāng): square, power or involution (math.), upright, honest, fair and square, direction
方 (fāng) is a Chinese character meaning “square.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural). It ranks #60 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- square
- power or involution (math.)
- upright
- honest
- fair and square
- direction
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 方
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 地方noun | dì fāng | region | 3 |
| 方式noun | fāng shì | way | 4 |
| 方法noun | fāng fǎ | method | 3 |
| 方面noun | fāng miàn | respect | 4 |
| 方向noun | fāng xiàng | direction | 3 |
| 对方noun | duì fāng | the other person | 4 |
| 方便adjective | fāng biàn | convenient | 3 |
| 南方noun | nán fāng | south | 3 |
| 方案noun | fāng àn | plan | 5 |
| 双方noun | shuāng fāng | bilateral | 5 |
| 官方noun | guān fāng | government | 6 |
| 北方noun | běi fāng | north | 3 |
| 前方noun | qián fāng | ahead | 4 |
| 西方noun | xī fāng | the West | 3 |
| 比方verb | bǐ fang | analogy | 6 |
| 方位noun | fāng wèi | direction | 6 |
| 东方noun | dōng fāng | east | 3 |
| 大方adjective | dà fāng | expert | 6 |
| 平方noun/measure | píng fāng | square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) | 6 |
| 远方noun | yuǎn fāng | far away | 6 |
| 方言noun | fāng yán | topolect | 6 |
| 方便面noun | fāng biàn miàn | instant noodles | 3 |
| 方方面面noun | fāng fāng miàn miàn | all sides | 6 |
| 平方米measure | píng fāng mǐ | square meter | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警方noun | jǐng fāng | police |
| 军方noun | jūn fāng | military |
| 处方verb | chǔ fāng | medical prescription |
| 配方verb | pèi fāng | prescription |
| 另一方面conjunction | lìng yī fāng miàn | on the other hand |
| 秘方noun | mì fāng | secret recipe |
| 上方 | shàng fāng | place above (it) |
| 方向盘noun | fāng xiàng pán | steering wheel |
| 何方noun | hé fāng | where? |
| 方舟noun | fāng zhōu | ark |
| 想方设法phrase | xiǎng fāng shè fǎ | to think up every possible method (idiom) |
方 appears in 115 compound words: 30 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 10 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 方 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (26)
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc); to hold as one's personal fiefdom
flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding; still growing strong; on the up
to exercise sole hegemony (idiom); to dominate a whole area (market, resources etc); to hold as one's personal fiefdom
Showing 12 of 26 idioms containing 方.
Example Sentences
这个方案还需要进一步完善，特别是细节方面。
Zhè gè fāngàn hái xūyào jìnyībù wánshàn, tèbié shì xìjié fāngmiàn.
This plan still needs further improvement, especially in terms of details.
东方日报A1:新春8日 300万港人外游 市...
dōng fāng rì bào A 1 : xīn chūn 8 rì 3 0 0 wàn gǎng rén wài yóu shì . . .
Oriental Daily A1: On the 8th of the Chinese New Year, 3 million Hong Kong people traveled abroad...
LUNA SEA官方公布鼓手真矢不敌病情离世 享年56岁
L U N A S E A guān fāng gōng bù gǔ shǒu zhēn shǐ bù dí bìng qíng lí shì xiǎng nián 5 6 suì
LUNA SEA officially announced that drummer Maya passed away at the age of 56
俄方称欧洲在乌克兰问题上更倾向于延续冲突
é fāng chèn ōu zhōu zài wū kè lán wèn tí shàng gēng qīng xiàng yú yán xù chōng tū
Russia said that Europe is more inclined to continue the conflict on the Ukraine issue
川AG大军注意!雅西高速成都往西昌方向多路段车多缓..
chuān dà jūn zhù yì ! yǎ xī gāo sù chéng dū wǎng xī chāng fāng xiàng duō lù duàn chē duō huǎn . .
Sichuan AG army attention! Yaxi Expressway, Chengdu to Xichang direction of many sections of the traffic slow ...
...沈腾马丽同框的机器人 在全国100多个地方..
. . . 沈 téng mǎ lí tóng kuàng de jī qì rén zài quán guó duō gě dì fāng . .
...The robot featuring Shen Teng and Ma Li together has been displayed in over 100 locations nationwide...
今晚七点老地方见。没问题吧？
Jīnwǎn qī diǎn lǎodìfāng jiàn. méiwèntí ba?
Can you make it to our usual place at 7:00 p.m. tonight?
什么时候出发最方便你？
Shénme shíhou chūfā zuì fāngbiàn nǐ?
When will it suit you to start?
他到底躲在什么地方呢？
Tā dàodǐ duǒ zài shénme dìfang ne?
I wonder where he is hiding.
请问这儿是什么地方？
Qǐngwèn zhèr shì shénmedìfang?
Pardon me, what place is this?
Character Family
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