Wǒ kěndìng shìqing huì wǎng hǎo de fāngxiàng fāzhǎn.
I’m sure things will take a turn for the better.
Sentence #343410 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 方向 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
方fāngsquare
方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
向xiàngtowards
向 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a house with a window 口: facing, towards.
How to write 方向
方 4 strokes · 向 6 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 方向 (fāngxiàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
方向 (fāngxiàng) means “direction” or “orientation”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it fāngxiàng: fāng with a 1st tone, then xiàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 方向 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 方向 from the suggestions. Typing fangxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
方向 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
方fāng1st tone, high and level
向xiàng4th tone, falling
