CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

方

 

 

4 strokes ( 方 )

ㄈㄤ1 (fang1)

fāng

 

方 = square, rectangle; a region; locality or local; family name (radical 70) => indicative, i.e. a picture of a knife 刀 with an indicator mark 亠 , and said to refer to its original meaning, i.e. the handle of a knife; its is used as a radical to give sound in several characters

related: 田 , 场 , 方孔钱

 

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