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方 かた、-かた、-がた direction, person, alternative 4 46 4 70 ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん 象形 Pictographic Note: The primitives are top hat and bound up. Compare ten thousand (#64). Story: A rich man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions to the nearest police station because he just escaped from his kidnappers.

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ホウ から, な, なた, ふさ, まさ, みち, も, わ 一方(いっぽう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the one hand; on the other hand (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only見方(みかた): (1) viewpoint; point of view (2) way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance方向(ほうこう): (1) direction; orientation; bearing; way (2) course (e.g. of action)方針(ほうしん): objective; plan; policy方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique行方(ゆくえ): (1) (one's) whereabouts (2) course; direction仕方(しかた): way; method; means; resource; course方面(ほうめん): (1) direction; district; area (2) field (e.g. of study)夕方(ゆうがた): evening; dusk両方(りょうほう): both sides; both parties方々(かたがた): (1) they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...) (2) you (usu. plural) (3) various味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter他方(たほう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the other hand大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority方(ほう): (1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) (2) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (3) type; category (4) field (of study, etc.) (5) indicates one side of a comparison (6) way; method; manner; means (7) length (of each side of a square)方言(ほうげん): dialect明け方(あけがた): dawn彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up方式(ほうしき): form; method; system; formula方策(ほうさく): plan; policy彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong方程式(ほうていしき): equation; formula遠方(えんぽう): long way; distant place方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance正方形(せいほうけい): square平方(へいほう): square (e.g. metre); square此方(こちら): (1) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction (2) here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) (3) this one (something physically close to the speaker) (4) I; me; we; us (5) this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)其方(そちら): (1) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (2) there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (3) that one (something close to the listener) (4) you; your family (5) that person (someone close to the listener)何方(どちら): (1) which way; which direction; where (2) which one (esp. of two alternatives) (3) who仕方がない(しかたがない): it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed何方(どなた): who?貴方(あなた): (1) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) (2) dear (what a wife calls a husband)方(かた): (1) direction; way (2) person; lady; gentleman (3) method of; manner of; way of (4) care of .. (5) person in charge of .. (6) side (e.g. "on my mother's side")目方(めかた): weight方々(ほうぼう): here and there; this way and that way立方(たちかた): dancing (geisha)外方(そっぽ): look (or turn) the other way立方(りっぽう): cube泳ぎ方(およぎかた): way of swimming 2 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8) 方 4 (none) direction I always keep my directions bound to the bottom of my top hat so I won´t lose them.

Kanji	方
Onyomi	ホウ
Kunyomi	かた、-かた、-がた
Nanori	から, な, なた, ふさ, まさ, みち, も, わ
English	direction, person, alternative
Examples	一方(いっぽう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the one hand; on the other hand (3) whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn (4) (after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb) just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only 見方(みかた): (1) viewpoint; point of view (2) way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule) 地方(ちほう): (1) area; locality; district; region; province (2) countryside; rural area (3) coast (esp. as seen from the water) (4) person singing ballads in noh; person in charge of music in a Japanese dance performance 方向(ほうこう): (1) direction; orientation; bearing; way (2) course (e.g. of action) 方針(ほうしん): objective; plan; policy 方法(ほうほう): method; process; manner; way; means; technique 行方(ゆくえ): (1) (one's) whereabouts (2) course; direction 仕方(しかた): way; method; means; resource; course 方面(ほうめん): (1) direction; district; area (2) field (e.g. of study) 夕方(ゆうがた): evening; dusk 両方(りょうほう): both sides; both parties 方々(かたがた): (1) they (of people); gentlemen (of the ...) (2) you (usu. plural) (3) various 味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter 他方(たほう): (1) one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party (2) on the other hand 大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority 方(ほう): (1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) (2) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (3) type; category (4) field (of study, etc.) (5) indicates one side of a comparison (6) way; method; manner; means (7) length (of each side of a square) 方言(ほうげん): dialect 明け方(あけがた): dawn 彼方此方(あちらこちら): (1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up 方式(ほうしき): form; method; system; formula 方策(ほうさく): plan; policy 彼方(あちら): (1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) 長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong 方程式(ほうていしき): equation; formula 遠方(えんぽう): long way; distant place 方角(ほうがく): direction; way; compass point 彼方(かなた): beyond; across; the other side; the distance 正方形(せいほうけい): square 平方(へいほう): square (e.g. metre); square 此方(こちら): (1) this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction (2) here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is) (3) this one (something physically close to the speaker) (4) I; me; we; us (5) this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status) 其方(そちら): (1) that way (direction distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (2) there (place distant from the speaker, close to the listener) (3) that one (something close to the listener) (4) you; your family (5) that person (someone close to the listener) 何方(どちら): (1) which way; which direction; where (2) which one (esp. of two alternatives) (3) who 仕方がない(しかたがない): it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed 何方(どなた): who? 貴方(あなた): (1) you (referring to someone of equal or lower status) (2) dear (what a wife calls a husband) 方(かた): (1) direction; way (2) person; lady; gentleman (3) method of; manner of; way of (4) care of .. (5) person in charge of .. (6) side (e.g. "on my mother's side") 目方(めかた): weight 方々(ほうぼう): here and there; this way and that way 立方(たちかた): dancing (geisha) 外方(そっぽ): look (or turn) the other way 立方(りっぽう): cube 泳ぎ方(およぎかた): way of swimming
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	46
Components	亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	方
Radical Number	70
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ほう・ほうへん・かた・かたへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	direction
Koohii Story 1	Note: The primitives are top hat and bound up. Compare ten thousand (#64). Story: A rich man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions to the nearest police station because he just escaped from his kidnappers.
Koohii Story 2	I always keep my directions bound to the bottom of my top hat so I won´t lose them.

Direction Speaker Close Distant Side Person Esp E.G