坊

Fang1
#2,537 most
frequent character
surname Fang

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

坊 uses 土 'earth' as the meaning part and 方 fāng for the sound. It first meant an embankment or dike. Read fāng, it grew to mean a lane or street.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

坊fāng
lane (usually as part of a street name)
坊fáng
workshop, mill, Taiwan pr. [fang1]

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