方

common

ホウ/HŌ/    かた/kata/    -かた/-kata/    -がた/-gata/HOU/ホウ/    kata/かた/    -kata/-かた/    -gata/-がた/

direction;  person;  alternative

Radical: 方 (square).   Strokes: 4画.   Pinyin: fāng.   Hangul: 방 [bang].   Nanori: から / な / なた / ふさ / まさ / みち / も / わkara / na / nata / fusa / masa / michi / mo / wa.

Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade.   JLPT N4.

Example compounds:
ホウHŌ地方団体【ちほうだんたいchihōdantai】local public body
快方【かいほうkaihō】convalescence
直方体【ちょくほうたいchokuhōtai】right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
かたkata立方【たちかたtachikata】dancing (geisha)
父方【ちちかたchichikata】father's side of family
買い方【かいかたkaikata】buyer; purchaser
Codepoints and classification codes:
65b9–Unicode
42-93–JIS X 0208
2-2-2–SKIP
4h0.1–TKD
0022.7–Four Corner
445–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
2082–Classic Nelson
2389–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1963–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1243–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
490–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
28–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
85–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
26–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13620–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 654
204–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
70–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
138–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
182–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
223–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
102–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
25–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
43–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.5–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
957–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
501–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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