方面

Character by character

• 方fāng4 strokesHSK 1a square, rectangle; a region; local
• 面miàn9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 麵face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 方面. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 地方dì fangHSK 1

  area; place; space; room; territory

• 方式fāng shìHSK 3

  way; manner; style; mode; pattern

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 面miànHSK 2

  face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc

• 里面lǐ miànHSK 3

  inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian]

• 面前miàn qiánHSK 2

  in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)

• 面对miàn duìHSK 3

  to face; to confront

• 方fāngHSK 4

  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

• 对方duì fāngHSK 3

  the other person; the other side; the other party

• 方向fāng xiàngHSK 2

  direction; orientation

• 上面shàng miànHSK 3

  on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian]

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 外面wài miànHSK 3

  outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance

• 下面xià miànHSK 3

  below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]

• 前面qián miànHSK 3

  ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian]

• 见面jiàn miànHSK 1

  to meet; to see each other

• 方便fāng biànHSK 2

  convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

• 方案fāng ànHSK 4

  plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill

• 面临miàn línHSK 4

  to face sth; to be confronted with

• 一面yī miànHSK 7

  one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face

• 全面quán miànHSK 3

  all-around; comprehensive; total; overall

• 双方shuāng fāngHSK 3

  bilateral; both sides; both parties involved

• 表面biǎo miànHSK 3

  surface; face; outside; appearance

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South