DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

坊

Mandarin · pinyin fāng#

lane (usually as part of a street name)
memorial archway

Mandarin · pinyin fáng#

workshop
mill
Taiwan pr. fāng

Mandarin · pinyin Fāng#

surname Fang

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

坊: fāng · neighborhood, urban subdivision; (J) priest's residence; (Buddhist) priest; boy

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1 · fang1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link18same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

坊 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 7 senses · 3 Cantonese readings

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fong1 · fong2 · fong4

Cantonese word readings for 坊. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

lane; alley
store
paifang
a surname

character

workshop

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 防 — dam; embankment
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 防 — to guard against

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack