开方 Traditional form: 開方 Pinyin (reading): kāifāng Definitions: (medicine) to write out a prescription (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity Characters: 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag Traditional characters: 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag