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Keyword
way
  • direction
  • person
  • alternative
Frequency
#46
Strokes
4
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
529
Readings
ホウ65%
かた30%
がた5%
Mnemonic
A scout drops a stick at every bend in the trail, and with ten thousand sticks laid, the lost can follow the way.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
方かた
direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ...; person in charge of ...; …
Noun
方ほう
direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.); indicates one side of a comparison; …
Noun
貴方あなた
you; dear; honey
Pronoun
方ほう法ほう
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means; measure
Noun
一いっ方ぽう
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; …
Noun
見み方かた
viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); view; angle; way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)
Noun
地ち方ほう
district; region; area; locality; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area
Noun
方ほう向こう
direction; orientation; bearing; way; course (e.g. of action)
Noun
方ほう針しん
policy; course; plan (of action); principle; magnetic needle
Noun
仕し方かた
way; method; means; resource; course
Noun
考かんがえ方かた
way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
Noun
行方ゆくえ
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); development; direction; tide; future; journey ahead
Noun
双そう方ほう
both parties; both sides
Noun
方ほう式しき
form; method; system; formula
Noun
北ほっ方ぽう
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
Noun
一いっ方ぽう的てき
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
Na-adjective
両りょう方ほう
both; both sides; both parties
Noun
使つかい方かた
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; usage; use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment; management
Noun
やり方かた
way (of doing); manner; method; means
Noun
味み方かた
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by; backing up
Noun
方かた々がた
people; (all) persons; everyone; ladies and gentlemen
Noun
方ほう々ぼう
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
Adverb
貴あん方た
you
Pronoun
地ち方ほう分ぶん権けん
decentralization of power; decentralisation of power
Noun