Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 方华, 芳华, etc.(Chinese) 方華, 芳華, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /fɑŋ.xwɑ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 方 (fāng) meaning "direction, way, square" or 芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese". Other character combinations can form this name as well.