The story of 方

place, square

方 depicts a criminal enclosed by a cangue. An ancient Chinese cangue is usually square in shape, while square clearly has four sides, also in ancient China, a criminal is always sent to some faraway place, so 方 has the meaning of quadrilateral, direction and faraway.

Vocabulary of 方

  • 方法 (method)
  • 方向 (direction)
  • 正方形 (square)

Classification

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