Zi:方

方 [fāng] 方​面 side/aspect; 方​形 square; ​地方 place; (radical 70, 方​部) [fáng] (​古​县​名); …; ​房; ​防 [fǎng] ​放/​倣 [páng] ​彷​徉…; ​旁 [wǎng] 方​良=​蛧​蜽=​魍​魉 [fēng] (​单​位​名)

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 方(​汸) fāng is said to combine two ​舟 zhōu ‘dugout canoes’ (abbreviated), joined together (to form a catamaran?); cf. ​匚 fāng.
    Compare: ​斻(​𣃚) háng ‘two boats tied in tandem’ (方​舟, ​航); ​亢 kàng.
    Compare: ​舟, which seems to have ​片 piàn on the left, i.e., ​木 ‘tree’ (split, to form a dugout canoe); cf. ​俞(​兪) yú ‘dugout canoe’ (​独​木​舟).
    Compare: ​放 fàng ‘put’, (SW:) ‘banish/exile (drive out from a place)’; ​放​船 (​开​船, ​行​船).
    Compare: ​㫃(​𣃗) yǎn, as in ​𣃘 chǎn/chuáng ‘flagpole’ (cf. ​丨).
    HDZ: fāng : ​相​并​的​两​船 (​併/​并​船, cf. ​汸/​舫/​艕; cf. ​放/方, ​放: ​放​船); ​并, ​并​排; ​齐​等, ​相​当; ​比​拟 (cf. ​仿); ​品​类, ​辈​类; 方​形 (​跟 “​圆” ​相​对); ​大​地; ​书​写​用​的​木​板; ​约方, ​单方; (​东​汉) ​军​事​建​制; (​殷​周) ​邦​国​之​辞; ​境, ​边​境; 方​向, 方​位; (​祭​名) ​四方​之​祭; ​地方, ​区​域; 方​圆, ​周​围; ​一​边, ​一​面; ​法​度, ​准​则; ​义​理, ​道​理; ​常​法, ​定​规; 方​正, ​正​直; 方​法, ​办​法; ​医​卜​星​相​等方​术; ​辨​别; ​为; ​占​有, ​依​托; ​缚​马; ​音​乐​术​语; (​数​学) ​平​房, ​次方; ​掘​地​为​坑; (​量​词); (​副​词); (​介​词); ​謗; (​地​名); (​姓) • fáng : (​古​县​名) 方​與; ​违, ​逆; ​房: (​谷​始​生​未​实; ​房​子); ​防: ​防​护, ​防​备 • fǎng : ​放/​倣: ​仿​效 • páng : 方​羊=​彷​徉: ​徘​徊, ​游​荡; 方​洋; 方​皇; ​旁: ​博​大, ​周​遍 • wǎng : 方​良=​蛧​蜽=​魍​魉 • fēng : (​单​位​名) ​响​度​级
►references: Guǎngyùn:173.10,174.43; Wieger:117a; Henshall:204; Karlgren:AD25,GSR740a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.2172.1; Mathews:1802; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:481.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:010.0.06; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: fong\
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