Chinese symbol for “workshop”
坊
fáng
workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for workshop is 坊 (fáng), defined as: workshop; mill; Taiwan pr. [fang1].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “workshop”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车间 (車間) | chē jiān | workshop; 个 (gè) |
| 作坊 | zuō fang | workshop (of artisan) |
| 工作坊 | gōng zuò fāng | workshop; atelier; studio; (Tw) workshop; seminar |
| 工坊 | gōng fáng | workshop |
| 作 | zuō | (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坊.
| 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 |
| 坊间 (坊間) | fāng jiān | (originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public; in public circulation; on the market |
See also: Japanese symbol for “workshop”.
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.