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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
- —斜方沸石chabazite; chabasite
- —平方剰余quadratic residue
- —方底円蓋being a (total) mismatch; not fitting together; being ill-suited; poor fit; square base, round lid
- —腰方形筋quadratus lumborum muscle
- —後方勤務rear-service duty; duty away from the front lines; logistics and support duty (behind the combat zone)
- —異方導電膜oriented conduction film
- —後方連絡線lines of communication
- —前方後円墳keyhole-shaped ancient Japanese tumulus
- —前方不注意not watching where one is driving; not keeping one's eyes on the road
- —地方裁判所district court; local court
- —途方もないextraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
- —二次方程式quadratic equation
- —微分方程式differential equation
- —多元方程式hypercomplex equation; plural equation
- —無理方程式irrational equation
- —方向探知機direction finder
- —一次方程式linear equation
- —二元方程式equation with two unknowns
- —日本薬局方Japanese Pharmacopoeia
- —不定方程式indeterminate equation
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