方 — direction, method, person

かた方 direction

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes

U+65B9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #46 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #490 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #70

Meanings

direction
method
person

word

かた・がた kata Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

方(かた) kata person (polite) 考(かんが) え方(かた) kangaekata way of thinking 方(かた) 々 katagata people (polite plural) 夕(ゆう) 方(がた) yuugata evening やり方(かた) yarikata way of doing あり方(かた) arikata the way something should be 言(い) い方(かた) iikata way of saying 生(い) き方(かた) ikikata way of life

ほう・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

地(ち) 方(ほう) chihou region 一(いっ) 方(ぽう) ippou one side 前(ぜん) 方(ぽう) zenpou front 当(とう) 方(ほう) touhou our side 後(こう) 方(ほう) kouhou rear 方(ほう) 言(げん) hougen dialect 先(せん) 方(ぽう) senpou the other party 一(いっ) 方(ぽう) で ippoude on the other hand

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

貴方(あなた) anata you 彼方(かなた) kanata beyond

え e Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

行(ゆく) 方(え) yukue whereabouts

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (14)

はなつ放 set free ぞく族 tribe たび旅 trip はた旗 national flag ぼう防 ward off おとずれる訪 call on ほどこす施 give ぼう房 tassel かおり芳 perfume さまたげる妨 disturb

Open in Atlas

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#70 方 square

方 — direction, method, person

Meanings

word

かた・がた kata Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ほう・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

え e Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (14)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback

方 — direction, method, person

Meanings

word

かた ・がた kata Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ほう ・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

え e Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (14)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

かた・がた kata Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

ほう・ぽう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).