1. 方
  2. 向

方

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  • 60th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.25% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 334 words
  • Component in 86 characters

Decomposition

1Once
方→
亠No glyph available
2Radical
方→
方square/raft
3Graphical
方→
一丶丿㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fāng (Fang1)surname Fang
2. fāng (fang1)square • power or involution (mathematics) • upright • honest • fair and square • direction • side • party (to a contract, dispute etc) • place • method • prescription (medicine) • just when • only or just • classifier for square things • abbr. for square or cubic meter

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 方 fāng (fang1)The component 方 is pronounced as 'fāng' (fang1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

方 also appears in:
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Example Words

Common

地方 
官方 
对方 (對方)
方便 
方向 
方式 
方法 
方面 
东方 (東方)

Uncommon

下方 
何方 
偏方 
全方位 
前方 
北方 
南方 
大方 
天各一方 
女方 
平方公里 
平方米 
方便面 (方便麵)
方向盘 (方向盤)
方圆 (方圓)
方块 (方塊)
方案 
方程式 
方糖 
方舟 
方言 
次方 
秘方 (祕方)
立方 
西方 
警方 
远方 (遠方)
配方 
双方 (雙方)
魔方 

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向

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  • 146th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 139 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
向→
宀口
2Radical
向→
宀roof口mouth
3Graphical
向→
冖丶口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàng (Xiang4)surname Xiang
2. xiàng (xiang4)towards • to face • to turn towards • direction • to support • to side with • shortly before • formerly • always • all along

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

向 also appears in:
响晌饷垧餉

Example Words

Common

向上 
向前 
方向 
走向 
风向 (風向)

Uncommon

一向 
偏向 
倾向 (傾向)
内向 (內向)
动向 (動向)
去向 
取向 
向下 
向来 (向來)
向右 
向左 
向后 (向後)
向日葵 
向阳 (向陽)
向往 (嚮往)
外向 
定向 
导向 (導向)
志向 
意向 
指向 
方向盘 (方向盤)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
转向 (轉向)
逆向 
通向 
双向 (雙向)
面向 (面嚮)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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