方 fāng square; honest; upright
Made with 4 strokes.
Originally two boats lashed together then became a swastika to represent four regions of a square or maybe a picture of a plow to represent cultivating a square area of land.
Ancient small seal form 
Sounds same
匚 fāng (basket)Different tone
房 fáng (house) 防 fáng (to protect) 访 fǎng (to visit) 纺 fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) 仿 fǎng (to imitate) 放 fàng (let go)Radical
Index 70 used in: 放 fàng (let go) ; 访 fǎng (to visit) ; 纺 fǎng (fine woven silk fabric) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; 房 fáng (house) ; 防 fáng (to protect) ; 旅 lǚ (trip) ; 施 shī (to grant) ; 族 zú (clan)Pronunciation
Sound file kindly provided by shtooka.net ➚ under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License
Stroke order for character 方, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚
Proverbs
来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng There is adequate time to achieve your desires志在四方 zhì zài sì fāng Willing to travel far and wide to achieve aims. Aspiring to achieve great things in life.