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==Translingual==
{{CJKV-forms|方|方|方|方}}
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===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=70|rad=方|as=00|sn=4|four=00227|canj=YHS|ids=⿱丶万}}

# {{mul-kangxi radical-def}}

====Derived characters====
* [[Appendix:Chinese radical/方]]
* {{lang-lite|mul|sc=Hani|[[仿]], [[𪟀]], [[㕫]], [[坊]], [[妨]], [[𢁸]], [[𢎷]], [[彷]], [[㤃]], [[㧍]], [[汸]], [[防]], [[䢍]], [[𢨲]], [[昉]], [[枋]], [[𬊀]], [[牥]], [[𤤁]], [[肪]], [[祊]], [[𭽍]], [[眆]], [[𬒂]], [[䄱]], [[𫁊]], [[𫋳]], [[𭁌]], [[𪭫]], [[𮇉]], [[紡]]([[纺]]), [[舫]], [[蚄]], [[訪]]([[访]]), [[𫎒]], [[趽]], [[鈁]]([[钫]]), [[𭠈]], [[𩖫]], [[𩚠]], [[𩨣]], [[𩲠]], [[魴]]([[鲂]]), [[䲱]], [[𪕃]], [[𬬐]]}}
* {{lang-lite|mul|sc=Hani|[[𠛍]], [[邡]], [[放]], [[𪴩]], [[𣬵]], [[瓬]], [[𨾔]], [[𩲌]], [[鴋]], [[𣁅]], [[𧘩]], [[㝑]], [[芳]], [[房]], [[昘]], [[𬙙]], [[𥫳]], [[雱]], [[髣]], [[臱]], [[𢦷]], [[閍]]([[𨸂]]), [[𡇅]], [[圀]], [[堃]], [[敖]], [[敫]], [[𣪧]], [[𦴪]], [[𨘋]], [[㡢]], [[矈]]}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0481.030|dkj=13620|dj=0842.050|hdz=32172.010|uh=65B9}}

====Further reading====
* {{R:wikidata|Q54553314|方}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etyl}}
{{Han compound|一|刀|ls=ic|t2=sword}} – [[blade]]; tip of a blade. Original form of {{och-l|芒|gloss=[[awn]] (of cereal); [[tip]] (of blade)}}; later borrowed to mean “side”. Other theories regarding the origin of this character also exist.

It is unrelated to {{och-l|㫃|gloss=fluttering flag}}, from which characters like {{och-l|旗|gloss=flag}} and {{och-l|旅|gloss=troops}} are derived.

===Etymology 1===
; "side; square; region"
: Probably related to {{och-l|旁}}, {{och-l|傍}} ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}).
; "parallel boats"
: Cognate with {{och-l|舫|gloss=boat}}, {{och-l|艕|gloss=boat}}. According to STEDT, from {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*poŋ||raft; float}}; compare {{cog|my|ဖောင်||raft}}, {{cog|kac|hpong||kac}}. According to {{zh-ref|Schuessler (2007)}}, this etymon is an area word; compare {{cog|th|พ่วง||raft; pontoon}}, {{cog|map-pro|*qabaŋ||boat}}, {{cog|omx||kɓaŋ|ship; boat}}.
; "just now"; "now"
: Cognate with {{och-l|甫|gloss=just now}}. Compare {{cog|kac|hpang||to begin}}, {{cog|tbq-kuk-pro|*pran||to begin}} (STEDT).
; "method; law"
: Etymology not certain. May be the same word as {{och-l|方|gloss=side; square; region|id=1}}. Cognate with {{och-l|仿|gloss=to imitate}}. Perhaps cognate with {{cog|bo|བྱང་བ||skill; experience}}, {{cog|bo|སྦྱངས||trained; exercised studied}} ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}). Alternatively, it may belong to {{cog|km|ព្រាង||to draft; to sketch}} < {{cog|km|រាង||shape; form; figure}}. If so, it belongs to an Austroasiatic allofam which includes {{och-l|狀|gloss=form; appearance}}. "Law; norm; standard" is a common extension of "form; shape".

====Pronunciation 1====
{{zh-pron
|m=fāng
|m-s=fang1
|dg=фон1
|c=fong1
|c-t=fong1
|g=fong1
|h=pfs=fong;hrs=h:fongˋ;gd=fong1
|j=fon1
|mb=bó̤ng
|md=huŏng/bŭng
|md_note=huŏng - literary; bung - vernacular (“piece“)
|mn=hng/xm,qz,tp,kh,tn,lk,sx,km,mg,hc,tc,sg:png/zz,yl,pn:puiⁿ/hong/zz,xmd,twd:pang
|mn_note=hng - vernacular (“prescription; place”); png/puiⁿ - vernacular (surname); hong - literary; pang - in {{zh-l|四方|tr=sì-pang}}
|mn-t=bang1/hng1/bung1/beng1/huang1
|mn-t_note=bang1 - vernacular (“square; power; unit of measurement”); hng1 - vernacular (“prescription”); bung1/beng1 - vernacular (surname) (beng1 - Jieyang); huang1 - literary
|px=pt,xy:hng1/pt,xy:horng1
|px_note=hng1 - vernacular (more commonly used in surname); horng1 - literary (less commonly used in surname)
|w=sh,sz:1faon
|x=fan1
|mc=2
|oc=y,1
|cat=a,n,v,cls,pn
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[parallel]]; [[side by side]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[parallel]] [[boat]]s; [[raft]] made of [[bamboo]]
#* {{zh-x|江 之 永 矣，不可 方 思。|The length of the Jiang<br>Cannot be navigated with a raft.|ref=Shijing}}
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} to [[match]]; to be [[equal]] to
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} to [[compare]]; to [[set]] [[side by side]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} to [[differentiate]]; to [[discriminate]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} to [[occupy]]; to [[take up]]
# {{lb|zh|math}} [[square]]; [[rectangle]]; [[cube]]
#: {{zh-x|正方形|square}}
#: {{zh-x|長方形|rectangle}}
#: {{zh-x|方桌|'''square''' table}}
# [[side]]; [[aspect]]; [[party]]
#: {{zh-x|甲 方|Party A}}
#: {{zh-x|方面|[[aspect]]; [[side]]}}
# [[place]]; [[region]]; [[locality]]
#: {{zh-x|遠方|faraway '''place'''}}
#: {{zh-x|方言|dialect; regional variety}}
# [[orientation]]; [[direction]]
#: {{zh-x|東方|east}}
#: {{zh-x|前方|front}}
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[law]]; [[rule]]; [[reason]]
# [[method]]; [[way]]
#: {{zh-x|千方百計|by every conceivable means}}
#: {{zh-x|教導 有方|to teach with the right '''method'''}}
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[sort]]; [[category]]; [[kind]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[moral]] [[principle]] and [[knowledge]]; [[learning]]
# {{lb|zh|obsolete}} [[earth]]; [[solid]] earth; [[ground]]
# {{lb|zh|TCM}} [[prescription]]
#: {{zh-x|古方|ancient '''prescription'''}}
#: {{zh-x|偏方|folk '''prescription'''}}
# {{lb|zh|math}} [[power]]
#: {{zh-x|2 的 3 次方 是 8。|2 to the third '''power''' is 8.}}
# {{lb|zh|math}} {{zh-short|平方米|{{zh-classifier|[[square metre]]}}}}
# {{lb|zh|math}} {{zh-short|立方米|{{zh-classifier|[[cubic metre]]}}}}
# {{zh-classifier|square objects}}
#: {{zh-x|一 方 手帕|one handkerchief}}
#: {{zh-x|兩 方 圖章|two seal}}
# {{lb|zh|literary|preceding a measurement of length to indicate area}} [[area]] [[surrounding]] (something); [[surroundings]]; [[vicinity]]
#* {{zh-x|天子 之 制，地 方 千 里，公 侯 皆 方 百 里。|To the Son of Heaven there was allotted a territory of a thousand li square. A Gong and a Hou had each a hundred li square.|ref=Mengzi}}
# [[upright]]; [[honest]]; [[irreproachable]]
#: {{zh-x|方正|upright; righteous}}
#: {{zh-x|品行 端方|righteous}}
# [[just]]; just [[when]]; [[at]] the [[time]] [[when]]; [[just]] [[now]]; now
#: {{zh-x|方興未艾|to be '''now''' rising or flourishing and have not yet stopped}}
#* {{zh-x|國家 方 危，諸侯 方 貳，將 以 襲 敵人，不亦 難 乎？|The State is '''now''' in a perilous condition, and the other States are '''now''' disaffected towards it; shall we not find it a difficult enterprise to invade an enemy in such circumstances?|ref=Zuozhuan}}
#* {{zh-x|方 其 夢 也，不知 其 夢 也。|'''When''' they were dreaming, they did not know it was a dream.|ref=Zhuangzi}}
#* {{zh-x|趙 方 西 憂 ^秦，南 憂 ^楚，其 力 不能 禁 我。|Zhao is '''now''' worrying about Qin in the west and Chu in the south; it cannot restrain us with its strength.|ref=Shiji}}
# [[just]]; [[only]]
#: {{zh-x|書.到.用.時.方.恨.少|to regret not acquiring enough knowledge '''only''' when it comes time to apply it}}
#* {{zh-x|一旦 ^段 ^生 以 事 繫{xì}獄，半年 方 得 釋。|One day Duan was imprisoned because of some matters, and was released '''only''' after half a year.|CL|ref='''11<sup>th</sup> century CE''', {{lw|zh|文瑩}} ({{w|Wenying}}), {{lw|zh|s:zh:玉壺清話|玉壺清話}}}}
#* {{zh-x|今年 方 四十 上下 年紀，只 有 ^薛 蟠 一 子。||ref=Hongloumeng}}
#* {{zh-x|對於 文化 問題，我 是 門外漢，想 研究 一下，也 方 在 開始。|I am a layman in matters of culture; I would like to study them, but have only '''just''' begun to do so.|ref=MaoXMZZY}}
#: {{syn|zh|才}}
# [[at]] (a specific time); [[when]]
#* {{zh-x|為{wéi} 人子，方 少{shào}時，親 師友，習 禮儀。|ref=Sanzijing|He who is the son of a man, '''when''' he is young, should attach himself to his teachers and friends, and practise ceremonial usages.}}
# [[will]]; [[going to]]
#* {{zh-x|今 方 來，吾 欲 辱 之，何以 也？|[Yan Ying] is now '''about to''' visit, and I want to insult him. How should I do so?|ref=Yanzi Chunqiu}}
#* {{zh-x|今 治 水軍 八十 萬 眾，方 與 將軍 會獵 於 ^吳。||ref=Peizhu}}
# {{lb|zh|lexicography}} {{zh-short|方言|gloss=dialect}}
# {{surname|zh}}
#: {{zh-x|^方 ^孝-孺|{{w|Fang Xiaoru|'''Fang''' Xiaoru}} (Confucian scholar-bureaucrat of the [[Ming]] Dynasty)}}

=====Descendants=====
{{CJKV||ほう|방|phương}}
''Others'':
* {{desc|bor=1|en|Fang|Fong|Png}}
* {{desc|vi|bor=1|vuông}}

====Pronunciation 2====
{{zh-pron
|m=fáng
|mc=1
|oc=n,2
|cat=pn,v
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-only|方輿|an ancient county in modern Shandong|tr=Fángyù}}
# to [[disobey]]
# {{alt form|zh|房}}
# {{alt form|zh|防}}

===Etymology 2===
Rendering of a dialectal pronunciation of {{zh-l|慌}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=fāng
|cat=v,a
}}

=====Definitions=====
{{head|zh|hanzi}} {{tlb|zh|Mainland China|neologism|slang}}

# {{zh-pronunciation spelling of|慌|gloss=to [[panic]]}}
#: {{zh-x|我 方 了！|I '''panic'''!}}
# {{zh-pronunciation spelling of|慌|gloss=[[panicky]]}}
#: {{zh-x|好 方！|So '''panicky'''!}}

===Etymology 3===
{{zh-see|仿|v}}

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=páng
|cat=a,v
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-used in|方羊||方洋}}
# {{zh-used in|方皇}}
# {{alt form|zh|旁}}

===Etymology 5===

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=wǎng
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{zh-only|方良}}

===Etymology 6===
Borrowed from {{bor|zh|en|phon}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=fēng
|cat=n
}}

====Definitions====
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[phon]] (unit of apparent loudness)

===Compounds===
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{{cat|cmn|Elementary Mandarin|Intermediate Mandarin}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

{{cat|cmn|Elementary Mandarin|Intermediate Mandarin}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=2|rs=方00}}

# [[direction]]
# [[person]]
# [[alternative]]
# {{lb|ja|algebra|geometry}} [[square]]

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=ほう<はう
|kanon=ほう<はう
|kun=かた-
|nanori=まさ
}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top}}{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|方正|ほうせい}}
* {{ja-r/args|方響|ほうきょう}}: hōkyō, an instrument similar to the Chinese [[w:fangxiang|fangxiang]]
* {{ja-r/args|方形|ほうけい}}
* {{ja-r/args|方磬|ほうけい}}: hōkyō, an instrument similar to the Chinese [[w:fangxiang|fangxiang]]
* {{ja-r/args|方式|ほうしき}}
* {{ja-r/args|方術|ほうじゅつ}}
* {{ja-r/args|方法|ほうほう}}: [[way]], [[method]], [[manner]]
* {{ja-r/args|方面|ほうめん}}
* {{ja-r/args|方針|ほうしん}}
* {{ja-r/args|夕%方|ゆう%がた}}
* {{ja-r/args|味%方|み%かた}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|ほう|yomi=o}}
From {{bor-lite|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほう}} {{ltc-l|方}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|ほう|acc=1|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|ほう|hhira=はう}}

# [[direction]], [[way]], [[side]]
#: {{ja-usex|[[鬼]][[さん#Etymology 2|さん]][[こちら]][[、]][[手]][[の#Etymology 2|の]][[鳴る]]'''方'''[[へ#Etymology 2|へ]]|おに-さん こちら、て の なる '''ほう''' へ|hey, "it", over here, to (the '''direction''' of) the clapping of the hands {{q|phrase said in [[鬼ごっこ#Japanese|tag]]}}}}
# [[more so]] ''(preceded by ''～の'', often followed by ''～が'')''
#: {{ja-usex|[[この]][[時計]]の'''方'''[[が#Etymology 2|が]][[そっち]][[より]][[高い]][[です]][[。]]|この とけい の '''ほう''' が そっち より たかい です。|This watch is '''more''' expensive than that one.}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|かた|yomi=k}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|かた|acc=2|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|かた}}

# {{lb|ja|polite}} [[person]]
#: {{ja-usex|[[あの]]'''方'''[[。]]|あの '''かた'''。|That '''person'''. (polite)}}
#: {{ja-usex|あの'''方'''[[は#Etymology 2|は]][[どなた]][[です]][[か#Etymology 2|か]]。|あの '''かた''' は どなた です か。|Who is that '''gentleman'''? (formal)}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{q-lite|plain}} {{ja-r|人|ひと}}

====Suffix====
{{ja-pos|suffix|かた}}

# [[way]], [[method]] (of doing)
#: {{ja-usex|[[書く|書き]]'''方'''|かき'''かた'''|'''way of''' writing something; '''how to''' write something}}
#: {{ja-usex|[[使い]]'''方'''|つかい'''かた'''|'''way of''' using something; '''how to''' use something}}

=====See also=====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|道|みち}}
* {{ja-r/args|法|ほう}}
* {{ja-r/args|方法|ほうほう}}
}}

===Etymology 3===
pe > ɸe > we > e.

====Suffix====
{{ja-pos|suffix|え|hhira=へ}}

# a suffix expressing location, direction, or time

=====Derived terms=====
{{ja-r/multi|data=
* {{ja-r/args|古|いにしえ}}
* {{ja-r/args|行方|ゆくえ}}
}}

===Etymology 4===
{{ja-kanjitab|さま|yomi=irr}}

From {{inh-lite|ja|ojp|-|sort=さま}}. Originally a compound of {{compound|ja|sort=さま|さ|tr1=sa|t1=that|pos1=pronominal indicating a person, place, thing, or direction in the middle distance|ま|tr2=ma|t2=likeness, way, similarity|pos2=suffix indicating a quality}}.<ref name="KDJ">{{R:Kokugo Dai Jiten}}</ref>

====Alternative forms====
* {{ja-l|様}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron|さま|acc=2|acc_ref=DJR,NHK}}

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|さま}}

# a person's [[appearance]] {{q-lite|as of body, or style, or face, etc.}}
# the [[state]] or [[situation]] of a thing
# the general [[trend]], [[tenor]], or [[feel]] of a thing
# one's [[social]] [[station]], [[status]], or [[quality]]
# the [[way]] or [[means]] of doing something, [[how]] one does something
# the [[reason]] or [[circumstances]] for something

===References===
<references/>

==Korean==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|ko|Middle Korean readings, if any}}

===Pronunciation===
{{ko-hanja-pron|방}}

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|모|방}}

# {{hanja form of|방|[[direction]]}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top3|Compounds}}{{ko-l/multi|data=
* {{ko-l/args|방향|方向}}
* {{ko-l/args|방법|方法}}
* {{ko-l/args|방식|方式}}
* {{ko-l/args|사방|四方}}
* {{ko-l/args|금방|今方}}
* {{ko-l/args|서방|西方}}
* {{ko-l/args|전방|前方}}
* {{ko-l/args|방위|方位}}
* {{ko-l/args|방면|方面}}
* {{ko-l/args|상대방|相對方}}
* {{ko-l/args|처방|處方}}
* {{ko-l/args|방침|方針}}
* {{ko-l/args|방안|方案}}
* {{ko-l/args|변방|邊方}}
* {{ko-l/args|방도|方道}}
* {{ko-l/args|후방|後方}}
* {{ko-l/args|방편|方便}}
* {{ko-l/args|동방|東方}}
* {{ko-l/args|방책|方策}}
* {{ko-l/args|근방|近方}}
* {{ko-l/args|북방|北方}}
* {{ko-l/args|동남방|東南方}}
* {{ko-l/args|사방|巳方}}
* {{ko-l/args|지방|地方}}
* {{ko-l/args|한방약|韓方藥}}
* {{ko-l/args|방편|方便}}
* {{ko-l/args|임시방편|臨時方便}}
* {{ko-l/args|남방|南方}}
* {{ko-l/args|방정식|方程式}}
* {{ko-l/args|간방|艮方}}
* {{ko-l/args|서방극락|西方極樂}}
* {{ko-l/args|쌍방|雙方}}
}}{{der-bottom}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|rs=方00
|hanviet=phương-tdcndg;tdcntd;gdhn
|phienthiet=府良 phủ lương
|nom=phương-tdcndg;tdcntd;gdhn, vuông-tdcndg;gdhn;btcn, phăng-tdcndg
}}

# {{vi-Han form of|phương|[[way]]; [[direction]]; [[means]]; [[method]]}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|vi
|{{vi-l|不方程|bất phương trình}}
|{{vi-l|平方|bình phương}}
|{{vi-l|𦊚方|bốn phương}}
|{{vi-l|真方|chân phương}}
|{{vi-l|多方|đa phương}}
|{{vi-l|多方便|đa phương tiện}}
|{{vi-l|地方|địa phương}}
|{{vi-l|對方|đối phương}}
|{{vi-l|單方|đơn phương}}
|{{vi-l|立方|lập phương}}
|{{vi-l|方案|phương án}}
|{{vi-l|方針|phương châm}}
|{{vi-l|方面|phương diện}}
|{{vi-l|方東|phương Đông}}
|{{vi-l|方向|phương hướng}}
|{{vi-l|方言|phương ngôn}}
|{{vi-l|方語|phương ngữ}}
|{{vi-l|方法|phương pháp}}
|{{vi-l|方法論|phương pháp luận}}
|{{vi-l|方策|phương sách}}
|{{vi-l|方差|phương sai}}
|{{vi-l|方西|phương Tây}}
|{{vi-l|方式|phương thức}}
|{{vi-l|方便|phương tiện}}
|{{vi-l|方程|phương trình}}
|{{vi-l|雙方|song phương}}
|{{vi-l|他方|tha phương}}
|{{vi-l|十方|thập phương}}
|{{vi-l|重方|trùng phương}}
|{{vi-l|前方|tiền phương}}
|{{vi-l|四方|tứ phương}}
|{{vi-l|遠方|viễn phương}}
|{{vi-l|無方|vô phương}}
}}

===References===
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