Dong Chinese dictionary

fǎng

imitate

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound. Simplified form of 彷.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

方 Sound component

fāng

square

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

fǎng

imitate, copy; as if; to imitate; to copy

fǎng

variant of 仿[fǎng]

fǎng

seemingly

Most common words with 仿

Sources