方
Meaning
- square
- power or involution (math.)
- upright
Example sentence
她去了远方。
She went far away.
The character 方
方 is a square, and from a square come a direction and a place: 方向, 地方, 北方, 东方. From a settled way of doing comes 方法 a method and 方便, literally the convenient way.
Words containing 方
- 地方 dì fang place; location; area; space; territory
- 北方 běi fāng north
- 东方 dōng fāng east
- 方便 fāng biàn convenient; suitable
- 方便面 fāng biàn miàn instant noodles
- 方法 fāng fǎ method; way; technique; procedure
- 方面 fāng miàn respect
- 方向 fāng xiàng direction; orientation
- 南方 nán fāng south; southern direction
- 西方 Xī fāng the West
- 对方 duì fāng the other person; the other side; the other party
- 方式 fāng shì way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc)
- 另一方面 lìng yī fāng miàn on the other hand
- 双方 shuāng fāng bilateral
- 一方面 yī fāng miàn on the one hand
- 大方 dà fang generous
- 方案 fāng àn plan
- 方针 fāng zhēn policy
- 官方 guān fāng government
- 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)