fāng
box
Pictograph of a container.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*paŋ | pjang | fāng | container, box (Shuōwén) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5494th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 2 |
Unicode | U+531A |
Shuowen | “匚,受物之器。象形。讀若方。,籀文匚。” |
Sources
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