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fāng = f + ang1
surname Fang
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fāng = f + ang1
lane (usually as part of a street name) / memorial archway
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fáng = f + ang2
workshop / mill / Taiwan pr. [fang1]
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How to pronounce 坊

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= f initial

F is for Frankenstein’s Monster.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang2 final

In the anglepod’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

坊 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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fāng = f + ang1
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter
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Characters with 坊 as component

坊 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 坊

neighborhood / neighbor
workshop (of artisan)

Sentences with 坊

坊 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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fāng / fáng

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