The Chinese Radical: 方




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Meaning
direction, square    方

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
room, house
fáng
Top: door 戸 (sliding door with upper rail), bottom: direction/square 方
Behind the door is a square: A room!  
HSK 2
to travel, to swim, to tour, to roam, to walk
yóu
left: water 氵, right: variation of travel 旅 (direction 方, banner/flag and child 子)
To the water 氵 leads the trip 旅, with a child 子 [instead of clothes 衣], because is it a trip for swimming.  
HSK 2
journey, travel, trip

Left: square/direction 方, right: originally two persons 人 assembling under a banner - (alternatively: see it as a variation for clothes 衣?)
Arranged in one direction the people are under the banner ready for the journey.  
HSK 2
one side, beside, other, the right-hand side of Chinese character
páng
Top: modification of emperor 帝 (He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾.), below: direction/square 方
This "imperial" side/direction ís in composed characters at the right-hand side. (and thus indicates the pronunciation)  
HSK 3
to achieve, succeed, to accomplish
chéng
Left: part of direction, square 方, right: a halberd 戈
In the direction of the halberd we will achieve it.  
HSK 3
direction, square, upright, side
fāng
Top: cover, shield 亠, below: sword 刀
The cover covers the sword to all directions or in a square.  
HSK 3
to release, to free, to let go, to let out
fàng
Left: direction/square 方, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Strike in this direction such that he shall release.  
HSK 4
clan, race, nationality, ethnicity

Left: direction/square 方, right: horizontal person , arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天) - Better right: Two lying persons and big 大
It develops in one direction, if the two lying persons [= the parents] (breed) something big, namely: into a clan/race.  
HSK 4
to invite, to request, to intercept, to solicit or seek
yāo
Left: movement 辶, right: 敫 (white 白, release, let loose 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵, until he released) cf.敫
The movement with which I hold the white stick in my hand in a direction, is an invitation.  
仿
HSK 5
to imitate, to copy, mimic, seemingly
fǎng
Left: person 亻, right: direction, square 方
A person who (follows) in a direction is: imitating someone.  
HSK 5
to protect, to defend, guard, dam, dike
fáng
Left: hill 阝, right: direction/square 方
The hill that is in one direction: The dam (dike), that protects you.  
HSK 5
implement a measure, to grant, to bestow, to carry out
shī
Left: direction/side 方, right: horizontal person , twisting creature 也 (scorpion or snake)
Beside the lying person is a winding creature: We need to implement a measure.  
访
HSK 5
to visit, to call on, to seek, to investigate
fǎng
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: direction, square 方
Words in your direction shall: "visit" you.  
HSK 5
obstruction, hinder, harm
fáng
Left: woman 女, right: direction/square 方
A woman at my side would be obstructing???  
HSK 5
shoulder, upper arm, swollen, urinary bladder
bǎng, pāng, páng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝: at his side.)
The part of the body that is at the body's side is: the shoulder.  
HSK 5
near, approaching, to depend on
bàng
Left: person 人, right: one side, beside 旁 ([The servants] are in one direction 方 (side) of the emperor 帝 [modified]: at his side.)
The person approaching the emperor's side is near to him.  
HSK 6
flourishing, to contain, vigorous, prosperous
chéng, shèng
Top: achieve, become, make 成 (in direction 方 of halberd 戈 we will achieve it.), below: bowl 皿
Fill up the bowls and it will be flourishing.  
HSK 6
unexpectedly, to stare blankly, distracted, rashly
lèng
Left: feelings 忄, right: net 罒, direction 方
The feeling, that the net works in one direction, was unexpected.  
HSK 6
to spin (cotton or hemp etc)
fǎng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: direction/square 方 (here: spool)
Bring the thread in a common direction, when: spinning.  
HSK 6
to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
xuán, xuàn
Left: side, direction 方, right: horizontal person , var. of correct 正. (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.)
The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn.  
HSK 6
to lay out, to apply (powder, ointment), to spread, enough

Left: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now), rest: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵/攴, until he released)
When a hand is used/needed 用 for "releasing" sth., this means: to lay out sth.  
HSK 6
banner, flag

Left: direction 方, right: a lying person [here: banner], below a grain swing/shovel 其 that was used to separate the grain from the husk
In one direction blows the banner at the end of the grain swing: This is a flag.  
HSK 6
animal fat
fáng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: direction, side, square 方
The body is on its sides: fat.  
no HSK
fragrant
fāng
Top: plant 艹, below: direction, square 方
(Fragrance spread by the wind) When plants act in one direction, they are fragrant.  
no HSK
beautiful jade, star
xuán
Left: king, jade 王, right: revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade.  
no HSK
bunch, crowded, gathered, gather foliage

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: clan, nationality 族 (It moves in one direction 方 and has lying people or moving as fast as an arrow 矢: the clan)
The bamboo forms a 'clan', when gathered as a bunch.  
no HSK
lane (often in a street name), neighborhood, workshop
fāng
Left: earth/ground 土, right: direction/square 方
It's only made of earth and leads in one direction: The lane  
no HSK
corner, edge, square beam
léng
Left: tree 木, right: drag net/eye 罒, direction, square 方
Made of wood and you can arrange three 罒 in a direction: the cornered square beams.  
no HSK
irresolute, seemingly
fǎng, páng
Left: go 彳, right: direction, square 方
Going in (different) directions is: irresolute.  
no HSK
to ramble, to rove
áo
Left: growing plant , direction 方, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
(against grow wildly) The growing plant needs as direction as a stick in a hand, so that it is not "rambling".  
no HSK
superfluous, redundant, cumbersome
zhuì
Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: money 贝/貝
Rampling money is superfluous.  
no HSK
river sludge, to silt up

Left: water 氵, right: [for the pronunciation] 'particle for relation': in, at 於 (direction 方, person 人 two 二 footsteps)
Where were next to the water, in one direction by a person two footprints left? - In the sludge!  
no HSK
eddy
xuán
Left: water 氵, right: turn, revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
Water, that revolves is an eddy.  
no HSK
'particle for relation': in, at, to, from
yú, yū, wū
Left: direction, square 方, right: person 人 and two strokes 二)
In respect to the direction, the persons, as two, are: in a relation.  

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