芳 (fāng): fragrant
芳 (fāng) is a Chinese character meaning “fragrant.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 方 (phonetic). It ranks #1575 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 芳 flower. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- fragrant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芳香adjective | fāng xiāng | fragrant |
| 芬芳adjective | fēn fāng | perfume |
| 芳心noun | fāng xīn | the affection, or heart, of a young woman |
| 流芳百世phrase | liú fāng bǎi shì | (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) |
| 雅芳 | yǎ fāng | Avon (cosmetics company) |
| 群芳noun | qún fāng | all flowers |
| 芳龄noun | fāng líng | age (of a young woman) |
| 流芳verb | liú fāng | to leave a good reputation |
| 芳烃noun | fāng tīng | aromatic hydrocarbon |
| 天涯何处无芳草proverb | tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo | there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) |
| 一亲芳泽phrase | yī qīn fāng zé | to get close to |
| 流芳千古 | liú fāng qiān gǔ | see 流芳百世 |
| 芳香疗法noun | fāng xiāng liáo fǎ | aromatherapy |
| 哥罗芳noun | gē luó fāng | (loanword) chloroform |
| 芳香环 | fāng xiāng huán | benzene ring (chemistry) |
芳 appears in 25 compound words: 48 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 20 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 芳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
芳字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
fāng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "fang" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
张锦芳教授 - 过早认识避孕方法 等于鼓励性行...
zhāng jǐn fāng jiào shòu guò zǎo rèn shí bì yùn fāng fǎ děng yú gǔ lì xìng háng . . .
Professor Cheung Kam-fong - Early understanding of contraceptive methods is equivalent to encouraging sexual activity...
国台办喊查刘世芳外甥 陆委会发声谴责
guó tái bàn hǎn chá liú shì fāng wài shēng lù wěi huì fā shēng qiǎn zé
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council shouted to investigate Liu Shifang's nephew and the Mainland Affairs Council spoke out to condemn it
刘世芳遭港媒爆外甥在中国“赚红钱” 陆委会:赤...
liú shì fāng zāo gǎng méi bào wài shēng zài zhōng guó zhuàn hóng qián lù wěi huì : chì . . .
Liu Shifang was exposed by Hong Kong media to "make red money" in China Mainland Affairs Council: Red...
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míng tài 2 0 2 6 huī bié gǔ de yíng zhí háng nián ! huáng wén fāng hǎn A I jiāo huàn qì 1 . 6 T yǔ měi yìn shuāng yǐn qíng
Mingtai 2026 bids farewell to the bottom and welcomes the executive year! Huang Wenfang shouted AI Switcher 1.6T and US-India dual engine
历史上的今天/法国小提琴家波芳 1959年来台演出
lì shǐ shàng de jīn tiān fǎ guó xiǎo tí qín jiā bō fāng 1 9 5 9 nián lái tái yǎn chū
Today in history / French violinist Bo Fang came to Taiwan to perform in 1959
玫瑰的芬芳弥漫了整个房间.
Méiguī de fēnfāng mímàn le zhěnggè fángjiān.
The smell of roses filled the room.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 艹 (flower) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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