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

Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade.   JLPT N4.

Example compounds:
ホウ団体ちほうだんたいchihōdantai】local public body
かいほうkaihō】convalescence
ちょくほうたいchokuhōtai】right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
かたkataたちかたtachikata】dancing (geisha)
ちちかたchichikata】father's side of family
買いかいかたkaikata】buyer; purchaser
Codepoints and classification codes:
65b9Unicode
42-93JIS X 0208
2-2-2SKIP
4h0.1TKD
0022.7Four Corner
445De Roo
Dictionary indices:
2082Classic Nelson
2389The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1963New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1243Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
490Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
28A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
85Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
26Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13620Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 654
204A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
70Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
138Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
182Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
223Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
102Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
25The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
43Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.5Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
957Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
501Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig