Chinese symbol for “method”
方法
fāng fǎ
method; way; technique; procedure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for method is 方法 (fāng fǎ), defined as: method; way; technique; procedure.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “method”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 路子 | lù zi | method; way |
| 法 | fǎ | law; method |
| 方 | fāng | square; power or involution (math.) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 方法.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng) |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè) |
| 办法 (辦法) | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; 条 (tiáo) |
| 宪法 (憲法) | xiàn fǎ | constitution (of a country); measure word: 部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “method”.
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.