方square
square. 4 strokes. 7 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning squareStrokes 4Characters 7
How to write 方
What it tells you about a character
Of the 7 characters below, 1 are pictophonetic with 方 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 7 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 方 family
HSK 2 · 2
HSK 3 · 1
HSK 4 · 1
HSK 5 · 1
HSK 6 · 2
Words they appear in
| 北方 | the north, northern region 地图上靠近上方的地区 |
| 东方 | the east, the Orient 太阳升起的那个方向 |
| 方便 | convenient 做起来省事、不费力 |
| 方法 | method, way 解决问题或完成事情所用的方式 |
| 方面 | aspect, respect 事情涉及的某一个角度或部分 |
| 方向 | direction 前进或行动所朝的那一边 |
| 方便面 | instant noodles 用开水冲泡就能快速吃到的面条 |
| 旅客 | traveler, passenger 外出旅行、乘车的人 |
| 旅行 | to travel, journey 到远方去游历、观光 |
| 旅游 | tourism, to tour 外出游玩、参观名胜景点 |
| 南方 | south, southern region 地理位置偏南的地区 |
| 西方 | the West 指位于西边的国家或地区 |
| 旅馆 | a hotel 给旅客住宿过夜的地方 |
| 旅行社 | a travel agency 帮人安排旅游、订票的公司 |