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方 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「方」

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9Elementary year 2 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「方」
On
ホウほう · hō
Kun
かたkata
Meaning
direction, way

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally a plow shape, now used for direction.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onホウほうhō方法ほうほう方角ほうがく地方ちほう
Kunかたkataお乗りの方おのりのほう話し方はなしかた敵方てきがた

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 方角ほうがく

    direction

  • 読み方よみかた

    how to read

More words with this kanji

  • 夕方ゆうがた
  • 方言ほうげん
  • 仕方しかた
  • 方向ほうこう
  • 両方りょうほう
  • 漢方かんぽう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

えきの 方(ほう)へ あるきます。

I walk toward the station.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

方角読み方方角corner読to rea…於at施carry…旅trip旁the ri…旃a bann…匚box ra…包to wra…汎wide-r…庄manor亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 方Map of reading ホウAll maps

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