fǎng

fancy boat

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat

boat

Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpangHpˤaŋ-sboat
pjangHpaŋ-sboat
Zhengzhangpaːŋs
paŋs
Unicodebiɑ̀ng

說文解字

船師也。《明堂月令》曰“舫人”。習水者。从舟方聲。

Sources

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