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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
- —各方面every quarter; all sides
- —全方位every direction
- —長方向longitudinal direction
- —逆方向the opposite direction; the other way
- —方尖柱obelisk
- —御方便upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); convenience; suitability; availability
- —医方明cikitsavidya (the ancient Indian study of medicine)
- —方鉛鉱galena
- —その方that; that one; that way; you; thou
- —地方型geographic race; geographic variety; geographic subspecies
- —地方官regional administrator; local government official
- —四方拝Prayer to the Four Quarters (Japanese imperial New Year's ceremony)
- —右方端right hand edge
- —後方端trailing edge
- —行方向line writing direction
- —左方端left hand edge
- —字方向character writing direction
- —前方端leading edge
- —単方向simplex
- —方向性direction; trend; course (of action); directionality; directivity; orientation; goal; aim
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