Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Square (fāng) Fu Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 483, Entry 15 In Sea of Characters (Pianhai), this is identified as an archaic form of the character for to spread (fu). Book of Changes (Yi Jing), Discussion of the Trigrams: The Zhen trigram represents spreading (fu). Commentary: This explains that the term is derived from the arrival of the spring season, when grasses and trees sprout and spread out to grow. For additional details, see the Strike (pu) radical, eleven-stroke section.