方 flag

方, a pictographic character of a flag, serves as semantic as well phonetic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 方 have to do with flags or army such as 旗, 旅, 施, 旋, 族, 旌, etc.

Characters formed by the phonetic component 方

放、房、仿、访、旁、纺、防、芳、坊、妨、肪、舫、枋、趽、钫、鲂、彷、 邡、雱、 牥、 蚄、汸、祊、 昉、钫、趽、 昘

Characters formed by the semantic component 方

Characters composed of the semantic component 方 have to do with flags or military. For examples, 旋, return, come back from the war (the flag was used in a war); 施, originally flag, its meanings were extended to “wave, give, set up”; 族, clan (every clan has a flag); 旅, troops; etc.