方
fāng
square
surname Fang; power or involution (math.); 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
a picture of 方 → a flat, bounded shape: direction, side, method
方 originally depicted a plow or boat with a handle, representing something with a defined, flat shape. Over time it extended to cover direction, side, and method — all things that give orientation and boundary.
Words with 方
方言
fāng yán
the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
运动方程
yùn dòng fāng chéng
equations of motion
运行方式
yùn xíng fāng shì
operating method
遐方
xiá fāng
distant places
远方
yuǎn fāng
far away
远方来鸿
yuǎn fāng lái hóng
letter from afar (literary)
配方
pèi fāng
prescription
配方奶
pèi fāng nǎi
formula (milk)
配方法
pèi fāng fǎ
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
长方形
cháng fāng xíng
rectangle
长方体
cháng fāng tǐ
cuboid
买方
mǎi fāng
buyer (in contracts)