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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
- —治療方法treatment strategy; method of treatment; therapeutic approach
- —方言漢字dialectal kanji; kanji only used in a specific region
- —自校方式system of preparing school meals on-site
- —地方議員local assemblyperson; local assembly member; local legislator
- —甲信地方Kōshin region
- —地方出身country-bred; raised in the country
- —対処方法way of dealing (with a problem, etc.); workaround
- —八丈方言Hachijō dialects; Hachijō language
- —東方植民medieval German eastward expansion; Ostsiedlung
- —地方大会regional tournament; local competition
- —方向探知direction finding; direction detection
- —宮脇方式Miyawaki method (afforestation technique)
- —四里四方large area; four ri square (approx. 16 sq km); Edo
- —地方警察local police
- —側方流動lateral flow
- —地方新聞local newspaper; regional newspaper
- —青方偏移blue shift; blueshift
- —調理方法cooking method
- —時計方向clockwise direction
- —方ホウ石boracite
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