坊 fāng neighborhood
neighborhood; district; community
怎么记住“坊”: 土 earth + 方 direction = neighborhood. The new family digs the earth for a shared garden, and people from every direction come to help, the day they join the neighborhood.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
坊 = 土 earth + 方 direction
- 土 earth meaning
- 方 direction sound
The new family digs the earth for a shared garden, and people from every direction come to help, the day they join the neighborhood.
How it came to be
The earth gives the meaning and the sign for direction the sound.
用法
- Two flavors: 街坊 (jiēfang) neighbors/the neighborhood (colloquial), and 作坊 (zuōfang) a workshop, plus 牌坊 (páifāng) a memorial archway.
- 街坊邻居 (jiēfang línjū) = the folks next door. Bound; doesn't stand alone.