fǎng

bright dawn

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

sun

方 sound component

  Sound component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

昉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
昉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
昉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

fǎng

bright dawn, daybreak; appear; dawn; to begin