region; regional (away from the central administration); local
地 (de) · 6 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.
方 (Fāng) · 4 strokes
Depicts the cutting edge (一) of a knife blade (刀). Similar in origin to 亡. Based on the original meaning "cutting edge". The meaning later expanded to "perimeter", "area", and "square".