romantic

Components

Meaning component
fāng, fang square

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Sound component
strange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqral
qralʔ
Unicodeqyɛ̌

說文解字

旗旖施也。从㫃奇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica