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方 — square; power or involution

square; power or involution; upright; honest; fair and square

Pinyin
fāng · Fāng
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — fāng, Fāng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 方: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

方 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 方 in the HSK syllabus: 43

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 北方běifāngnorth; the northern part a countryHSK 3
  2. 地方dìfangregion; regional; localHSK 3
  3. 东方dōngfāngthe East; the Orient; two-character surname DongfangHSK 3
  4. 方便fāngbiànconvenient; suitableHSK 3
  5. 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodlesHSK 3
  6. 方法fāngfǎmethod; way; technique; procedureHSK 3
  7. 方向fāngxiàngdirection; orientationHSK 3
  8. 南方nánfāngsouth; southern directionHSK 3
  9. 西方xīfāngthe West; the Occident; Western countriesHSK 3
  10. 对方duìfāngthe other person; the other side; the other partyHSK 4
  11. 方面fāngmiànrespect; aspect; field; sideHSK 4
  12. 方式fāngshìway; method; manner; mode; patternHSK 4
  13. 前方qiánfāngahead; the frontHSK 4
  14. 方fāngsquare; power or involution; upright; honestHSK 5
  15. 方案fāng’ànplan; program; proposal; proposed billHSK 5
  16. 双方shuāngfāngbilateral; both sides; both parties involvedHSK 5
  17. 比方bǐfanganalogy; illustrative example; for instanceHSK 6
  18. 大方dàfanggenerous; magnanimous; stylish; in good tasteHSK 6
  19. 地方dìfāngregion; regional; localHSK 6
  20. 方方面面fāngfāngmiànmiànall sides; all aspects; multifacetedHSK 6
  21. 方位fāngwèidirection; points of the compass; bearing; positionHSK 6
  22. 方言fāngyánthe first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 charactersHSK 6
  23. 官方guānfānggovernment; officialHSK 6
  24. 平方píngfāngsquareHSK 6
  25. 平方米píngfāngmǐsquare meterHSK 6
  26. 远方yuǎnfāngfar away; a distant locationHSK 6
  27. 处方chǔfāngmedical prescription; to write out a prescriptionHSK 7–9
  28. 单方面dānfāngmiànunilateralHSK 7–9
  29. 方向盘fāngxiàngpánsteering wheelHSK 7–9
  30. 方圆fāngyuánperimeter; range; a radius of ...HSK 7–9
  31. 方针fāngzhēnpolicy; guidelinesHSK 7–9
  32. 立方lìfāngcubeHSK 7–9
  33. 立方米lìfāngmǐcubic meterHSK 7–9
  34. 秘方mìfāngsecret recipeHSK 7–9
  35. 男方nánfāngthe bridegroom's side; the husband's sideHSK 7–9
  36. 女方nǚfāngthe bride's side; of the bride's partyHSK 7–9
  37. 配方pèifāngprescription; cooking recipe; formulationHSK 7–9
  38. 千方百计qiānfāng-bǎijìlit. thousand ways, a hundred plans; by every possible meansHSK 7–9
  39. 全方位quánfāngwèiall around; omnidirectional; complete; holisticHSK 7–9
  40. 四方sìfāngfour-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhereHSK 7–9

And 3 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.