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方 fāng — “direction; square”

How to write and say the Chinese character 方 (fāng), which means direction; square — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Position & direction.

Stroke order笔顺

方 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

An old picture of a knife with a handle — borrowed for 'square' and 'direction'.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.