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仿
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imitate

HSK 7
Human →Relations
fǎng
ホウ
さまよ.う、なら.う、くら.べる
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound. Simplified form of 彷.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 方 direction =
仿 imitate
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
方 Phonetic component
fāng direction
a square, rectangle
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
仿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
仿 [fǎng]
to imitate; to copy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (43)
模仿 [mó​fǎng] #2,796
to imitate
仿佛 [fǎng​fú] #5,364
variant of 彷彿|仿佛[fǎng​fú]
仿真 [fǎng​zhēn] #18,185
to emulate
效仿 [xiào​fǎng] #24,952
see 仿傚|仿效[fǎng​xiào]
效仿 [xiào​fǎng] #24,952
see 仿傚|仿效[fǎng​xiào]
相仿 [xiāng​fǎng] #20,059
similar
仿制 [fǎng​zhì] #24,124
to copy
仿制 [fǎng​zhì] #24,124
to copy
仿制品 [fǎng​zhì​pǐn] #21,062
counterfeit object
仿制品 [fǎng​zhì​pǐn] #21,062
counterfeit object
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