方丈

Chinese
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 zhang (unit of measurement)
simp. and trad.
(方丈)		 方 丈

Etymology
“narrow-minded person”
From the abbot of the Shaolin temple, a character in Stephen Chow's movie The God of Cookery (1996), who was very narrow-minded despite being a monk. See 方丈份人好小氣／方丈份人好小气 for more.

Pronunciation

Note: toneless - usually the Buddhist senses.
Rime
Character 方 丈
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 陽 (106) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 府良切 直兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pʉɐŋ/ /ɖɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʷiɐŋ/ /ɖiɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /piuɑŋ/ /ȡiɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /puaŋ/ /ɖɨaŋX/
Li
Rong		 /piuaŋ/ /ȡiaŋX/
Wang
Li		 /pĭwaŋ/ /ȡĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /piwaŋ/ /ȡʱi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 fāng zhàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 fong1 zoeng6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 方 丈
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 fāng zhàng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pjang › ‹ drjangX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C-paŋ/ /*[d]raŋʔ/
English square ten feet

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 方 丈
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 3023 16836
Phonetic
component		 方 丈
Rime
group		 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 方 丈
Old
Chinese		 /*paŋ/ /*daŋʔ/
Notes 甲金文象槳即榜初文，
下初爲單筆，猶旂左初亦作單杆

Noun

方丈

  1. (literary) square with side length of 1 zhang
  2. (literary) a square-zhang table full of food; plentiful food
  3. (Buddhism) abbot's room or quarter, i.e. a small square-zhang room, as Vimalakīrti's room is described in the Vimalakīrti Sūtra
    1. (by extension) residence of Buddhist abbots, including the bedroom and its accessory facilities
    2. (by extension) Buddhist abbot
    3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, slang) narrow-minded person; petty person

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 方丈洲
  • 方丈盈前
  • 食前方丈
  • 食味方丈
  • 方丈之饌／方丈之馔
  • 方丈份人好小氣／方丈份人好小气

Classifier

方丈

  1. Classifier for the number of areas covered by a square of side length 1 zhang.

Proper noun

方丈

  1. (Chinese mythology) a mystical mountain island in the sea
    Synonym: 方壺／方壶
    See also: 蓬萊, 瀛洲
    齊人徐巿等上書，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬萊、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    齐人徐巿等上书，言海中有三神山，名曰蓬莱、方丈、瀛洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 《史記•秦始皇本紀》
    Qí rén Xúfú děng shàngshū, yán hǎi zhōng yǒu sān shénshān, míng yuē Pénglái, Fāngzhàng, Yíngzhōu. [Pinyin]
    Xu Fu of the state of Qi and others have written, saying that in the sea there are three mountains of immortals; they are called Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou.

Japanese
Kanji in this term
方 丈
ほう
Grade: 2		 じょう
Grade: S
on’yomi goon

Pronunciation

Noun

方(ほう)丈(じょう) • (hōjō) ←はうぢやう (faudyau)?

  1. a square 丈 (jō); an enclosed area 3.03 by 3.03 meters in size
  2. such a room or building; often inhabited by Buddhist monks

References
  1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
方丈

Noun

方丈 • (bangjang) (hangeul 방장)

  1. Hanja form? of 방장.
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