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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 方向

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
方向 fāng xiàng - direction; orientation
- CL:個|个[ge4]

List Ranking for: 方向

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 3 1,325 1,042 1,639

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
方 fāng- surname Fang
方 fāng- 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
向 xiàng- surname Xiang
向 xiàng- towards
- to face
- to turn towards
- direction
- to support
- to side with
- shortly before
- formerly
- always
- all along
- (suffix) suitable for ...
- oriented to ...
向 xiàng- to tend toward
- to guide
- variant of 向[xiang4]
向 xiàng- variant of 向[xiang4]
- direction
- orientation
- to face
- to turn toward
- to
- towards
- shortly before
- formerly

Other Words Containing 方向

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
方向 4 3 1,325 1,042 1,639
方向盘 - 7 8,723 13,736 16,601
方向感 - - 19,812 40,684 19,652
方向性 - - 42,358 36,810 52,203