方法
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
方法 (fāngfǎ) · method
方法 (fāngfǎ) means “method; way”. It is written with 2 characters: 方 (square) + 法 (method). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 方法 is built
The characters
方 fāng · square
What 方 is made of
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
法 fǎ · method
What 法 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 去qù — to go away
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: The course 去 followed by a stream 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个方法很好。Zhège fāngfǎ hěn hǎo.This method is very good.
你学汉字有什么好方法？Nǐ xué Hànzì yǒu shénme hǎo fāngfǎ?Do you have a good method for learning characters?
Questions about 方法
What does 方法 mean?
方法 (fāngfǎ) means “method; way”.
How do you pronounce 方法?
方法 is pronounced fāngfǎ.
Which HSK level is 方法?
方法 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 地方dìfangplace
- 北方běifāngthe north
- 东方dōngfāngthe east
- 方便fāngbiànconvenient
- 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles
- 方面fāngmiànaspect
- 方向fāngxiàngdirection
- 南方nánfāngthe south
- 西方xīfāngthe West
- 对方duìfāngthe other side
Learn 方法 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 3: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.