芳 (fong1 | fang1) : fragrant, aromatic

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芳

fong1

fang1

[1] fragrant; aromatic; sweet-smelling
[2] virtue; honour; good reputation
[3] flower
[4] beautiful; good (used in describing sth belonged to young lady)
[5] your (used as a honorific)

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

芳

This word has been viewed 9377 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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芳香 fong1 hoeng1 fang1 xiang1 = aromatic, fragrant; aroma, odor

葵芳 kwai4 fong1 = Kwai Fong (MTR station)

芬芳 fan1 fong1 fen1 fang1 = fragrant

哥羅芳 go1 lo4 fong1 = chloroform

群芳 kwan4 fong1 qun2 fang1 = a collection of flowers; a group of beatiful women

流芳百世 lau4 fong1 baak3 sai3 liu2 fang1 bai3 shi4 = to leave a good legacy for many years

芳心 fong1 sam1 fang1 xin1 = the affection, or heart, of a young woman

雪芳 syut3 fong1 xue3 fang1 = chiffon cake

艷壓群芳 jim6 aat3 kwan4 fong1 yan4 ya1 qun2 fang1 = unparalleled beauty; beauty that surpasses all the others

芳齡 fong1 ling4 fang1 ling2 = the age of a young woman
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小明同小芳係好朋友。粵
Siu Ming and Siu Fong are good friends.

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Decimal representation of this word: 芳
Unicode code for this character: U+82b3 (off-site link)

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