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坊

fāng, fáng

neighborhood

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

方 sound component

方  Sound component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

坊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坊 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
坊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
坊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

坊  

fāng

neighborhood, urban subdivision; (J) priest's residence; (Buddhist) priest; boy; lane (usually as part of a street name); memorial archway

坊  

Fāng

surname Fang

坊  

fáng

workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fāng]

Most common words with 坊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

坊

mill

作坊

workshop (of artisan)

街坊

neighborhood

磨坊

mill

牌坊

memorial arch

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]aŋ

bjang

fáng

dike


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.1464% of movies

2834th most common character in movies

2542nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+574A

Shuowen

《說文新附》：“坊，邑里之名。从土，方聲。古通用埅。”


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