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方 kanji
direction, person, alternative
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ホウ
Kun readings
かた-かた-がた
Words with 方
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —無線方式wireless system
- —方位磁石compass
- —超立方体hypercube
- —基本方針basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
- —方向余弦direction cosine
- —方向付けdirecting; orienting; orientating; guiding; aligning
- —方向係数direction coefficient
- —六方晶系hexagonal crystal system
- —関西地方Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
- —肥筑方言Hichiku dialect (western Kyushu)
- —恵方巻きehōmaki; uncut sushi roll eaten during setsubun for good luck
- —後方視的retrospective
- —異方性度fractional anisotropy; FA
- —雲伯方言dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture
- —東北地方Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
- —霊台方寸heart; soul
- —北方四島the four northern islands (held by Russia); south Kuril Islands; northern territories
- —前方一致left-hand match; begins-with match; matching a sub-string with the beginning of a field
- —完全平方perfect square
- —地方財政local government finance
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