The 方 family
方 · fāng · ㄈㄤ — square
Know 方 and the readings of 10 more characters follow: 放、房、防、旁、訪、妨、仿、芳、彷、肪. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 放fàng · ㄈㄤˋ部首 攴 · striketo put; to release; to let go83%
- 房fáng · ㄈㄤˊ部首 戶 · a householdhouse; room83%
- 防fáng · ㄈㄤˊ部首 阝 耳朵旁 · moundto protect; to defend83%
- 旁páng · ㄆㄤˊ部首 方 · squareone side; other69%
- 訪fǎng · ㄈㄤˇ部首 言 · wordsto seek by inquiry; to visit; to call on83%
- 妨fáng · ㄈㄤˊ部首 女 · femaleto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm83%
- 仿fǎng · ㄈㄤˇ部首 亻 單人旁 · personto imitate; to copy83%
- 芳fāng · ㄈㄤ部首 艸 · grassfragrant93%
- 彷páng · ㄆㄤˊ部首 彳 雙人旁 · step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60)like, resembling; resemble69%
- 肪fáng · ㄈㄤˊ部首 肉 · meatanimal fat83%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 方 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 方 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 81%.
Words this family builds
- 地方
- 方正
- 房子
- 房間
- 方式
- 放下
- 方法
- 放棄
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