方丈

Chinese

		square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just	zhang (unit of measurement)
simp. and trad. (方丈)		方	丈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāngzhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ zoeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: fāngzhàng → fāngzhang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄓㄤˋ → ㄈㄤ ˙ㄓㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang.janq
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɑŋ²/

Note: toneless - usually the Buddhist senses.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: fōng jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ zêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ²²/

Middle Chinese: /pʉɐŋ ɖɨɐŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	方	丈
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	府良切	直兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/	/ɖɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/	/ɖiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/	/ȡiɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/	/ɖɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/	/ȡiaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/	/ȡĭaŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/	/ȡʱi̯aŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	zhàng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C-paŋ [d]raŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*paŋ daŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	方	丈
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng	zhàng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›	‹ drjang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C-paŋ/	/*[d]raŋʔ/
English	square	ten feet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	方	丈
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	3023	16836
Phonetic component	方	丈
Rime group	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	方	丈
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/	/*daŋʔ/
Notes	甲金文象槳即榜初文，下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

方丈

(literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
(literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
(Chinese mythology) a mystic mountain in the sea
(Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra
1. (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
2. (by extension) Buddhist abbot

Derived terms

方丈之饌／方丈之馔
方丈洲
方丈盈前

食前方丈
食味方丈

Classifier

方丈

Classifier for the number of areas covered by a square of side length 1 zhang.

Proper noun

方丈

name of a mythical island
齊人徐巿等上書，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬萊、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
齐人徐巿等上书，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬莱、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 《史記•秦始皇本紀》
Qí rén Xú 巿 děng shàngshū, yán hǎi zhōng yǒu sān shénshān, míng yuē Pénglái, Fāngzhàng, Yíngzhōu. [Pinyin]
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Japanese

Kanji in this term
方	丈
ほう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

方丈 (hiragana ほうじょう, rōmaji hōjō, historical hiragana はうぢやう)

a square 丈 (jō); an enclosed area 3.03 by 3.03 meters in size
such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks

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