fāng

sandalwood

fāng
square beam
(bound form) a square wooden pillar or lintel; a crossbeam used in construction
sandalwood
(bound form) a type of tree mentioned in ancient texts, possibly sandalwood, whose hard wood was used for making carts
to hold power
(literary, bound form) to be in charge of; to hold or wield authority, as in 枋政 fāng​zhèng
surname
a Chinese surname
coffin
(literary) a coffin, especially one made of thick wood; as in 枋子 fāng​zi

Frequency

Character
Written text
5,260th most common 0.739 per million
Word
Written text
1.60 per million

Details

Strokes
8
Unicode
U+678B

Sources