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Mythic Mandarin

一方面 (yī fāng miàn): meaning and stroke order

一方面 (yī fāng miàn) means on the one hand.

一方面

Simplified
一方面
Traditional
一方面 (same form)
Pinyin
yī fāng miàn

Stroke order of 一方面

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

方

  • Fāng surname Fang
  • fāng square; power or involution (math.)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

面

  • miàn face; side
  • miàn variant of 麵|面[mian4]
  • miàn flour; noodles
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 麪

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一方面

  1. yī fāng miàn
    • on the one hand

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
方
Radical 方 (Kangxi radical 70) · 4 strokes · 丶 on top, 万 below
面
Radical 面 (Kangxi radical 176) · 9 strokes · 丆 on top, 囬 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

一方面 in our stories

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  • 会场一下子安静了下来。一方面，大家都知道停车难是真问题；另一方面，谁也不愿意当那个“赶走老人”的人。

    huìchǎng yíxiàzi ānjìng le xiàlai yìfāngmiàn dàjiā dōu zhīdao tíngchē nán shì zhēn wèntí lìngyìfāngmiàn shéi yě bú yuànyì dāng nà gè gǎnzǒu lǎorén de rén

    The hall fell silent. On the one hand, everyone knew parking was a real problem; on the other, nobody wanted to be the one who "drove the old people out".

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 一方面

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).