Radical 70

方
69 ⽄ ◄	70	► ⽆ 71
Pinyin :	fāng (= direction of the compass, square)
Zhuyin :	ㄈ ㄤ
Hiragana :	ほ う hō or か た kata
Kanji :	方 kata (= direction)
Hangul :	모 mo
Sinocorean :	방 bang
Codepoint :	U + 65B9

Radical 70 with the meaning " direction , cardinal direction " is one of 34 traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of four strokes. It can also stand for " square " or serve as a Chinese family name .

With 28 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it has a medium frequency.

Character combinations ruled by radical 70

old chinese compass

Strokes	character
+ 00	方
+ 04	斺 斻 於
+ 05	施 斾 斿 旀
+ 06	旁 旂 旃 旄 旅 旆 旊
+ 07	旇 旈 旉 旋 旌 旍 旎 族
+ 08	旐 旑
+ 09	旒 旓 旔 旕
+10	旖 旗
+12	旘 旙
+13	旚
+14	旛
+15	旜 旝 旞
+16	旟

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 70 is coded under the code point number 12.101 (U + 2F45).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 235 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 70  - Graphic representations of Radikal 70

Wiktionary: 方  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 70 on page 50