fāng

box

Pictograph of a container.

Evolution

匚 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
匚 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
匚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fāng

box; KangXi radical 22; "right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in , , etc

Component uses

Meaning component in 12 characters (4 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*paŋ

pjang

fāng

container, box (Shuōwén)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5494th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+531A

Shuowen

“匚,受物之器。象形。讀若方。,籀文匚。”


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