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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
- —下方Popularlower region; lower part; region below
- —後方Popularrear; back; behind
- —四方Popularthe four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all directions; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there; square; quadrilateral; four-sided figure; four sides (of a square)
- —処方Popularprescription (of medicine); formula
- —先方Popularother party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
- —前方Popularahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
- —双方Popularboth parties; both sides
- —途方Popularway; destination; reason
- —東方Populareastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
- —当方PopularI; we; our part
- —南方Popularthe south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
- —八方Popularall sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
- —片方Popularone side; one party; the other side; the other party; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate; the fellow
- —方位Popularbearing; heading; point of the compass
- —北方Popularthe north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
- —三方Popularthree sides; small offering stand
- —上方Popularupper part; upper region; region above
- —西方Popularwestern direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- —漢方Populartraditional Chinese medicine
- —一方的Popularone-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
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