Chinese symbol for “bookshops”
坊间
fāng jiān
Traditional: 坊間
(originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public; in public circulation; on the market
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bookshops is 坊间 (fāng jiān), defined as: (originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public; in public circulation; on the market.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坊间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 街坊 | jiē fāng | neighborhood; neighbor |
| 作坊 | zuō fang | workshop (of artisan) |
| 牌坊 | pái fāng | memorial arch |
| 工作坊 | gōng zuò fāng | workshop; atelier; studio; (Tw) workshop; seminar |
| 磨坊 | mò fáng | mill |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.