妨
fáng HSK7

interfere with

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjangpʰaŋoppose
Zhengzhangpʰaŋ
pʰaŋs
Unicodepiɑng
piɑ̀ng

說文解字

害也。从女方聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica