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ホウ, かた, -かた, -がた, な, なた, ふさ, まさ, みち, も, わ
direction, person, alternative

This kanji is also known as the "direction" radical (ほう), which has 4 strokes.

Sample compounds (74) :


  1. かた
    person
  2. やり
    やりかた
    manner of doing
  3. あの
    あのかた
    that gentleman (lady), he, she

  4. いっぽう
    on the other hand, one side, one way, a quarter, one direction, one party, the other party, meanwhile, only, simple, in turn
  5. ならぬ
    ひとかたならぬ
    extraordinary, special

  6. さんぽう
    three sides, small offering stand

  7. かほう
    lower region, lower part

  8. へいほう
    square (e.g. metre), square

  9. せいほう
    square

  10. ないほう
    inside, your wife

  11. でかた
    attitude, move, theater usher

  12. ほうこう
    direction, course, way

  13. すえつかた
    end of a period, end of the world

  14. わがほう
    our side, we

  15. きかた
    your coming

  16. こしかた
    the past
  17. 殿
    とのがた
    gentlemen, men

  18. ふたかた
    both people

  19. もとかた
    capitalist, wholesaler

  20. ろっぽう
    the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)

  21. きょうがた
    the direction of Kyoto, Kansai area, citizens of Kyoto, nobles

  22. うらかた
    lady consort (to a high personage), scene shifter

  23. しかた
    way, method, means, resource, course

  24. ほうい
    direction

  25. どちら
    (uk) which, who

  26. どなた
    (uk) who?

  27. どちらへ
    (id) (uk) How are you?

  28. かりかた
    debtor, debit, way of borrowing

  29. おえらがた
    superiors

  30. せんぽう
    other party (side), he, she, they, destination

  31. はっぽう
    all sides

  32. くぼう
    public affairs, the court, the shogun, the shogunate

  33. そっち
    (uk) your (that) place, the other

  34. まえかた
    previously, some time ago

  35. わりかた
    comparatively

  36. ほっぽう
    northern (district), northward

  37. なんぽう
    south, southern, southward

  38. たちかた
    cutting, cut

  39. じょうほう
    Kyoto & vicinity, upper region or part

  40. うえつがた
    nobles, the upper class

  41. そうほう
    (a-no) two way, both parties, mutual, both

  42. うほう
    right side

  43. みかた
    friend, ally, supporter

  44. どかた
    construction laborer, navvy

  45. しょほう
    prescription

  46. ほうしき
    form, method, system
  47. シップエア
    シップエアほうしき
    ship air system
  48. スキャンロン
    スキャンロンほうしき
    Scanlon plan

  49. こうほう
    behind, in the rear, in back

  50. あとのほう
    (a-no) later

  51. ほうじゅつ
    means, method, art, magic

  52. かいほう
    convalescence

  53. かたがた
    persons, this and that, here and there, everywhere, any way, all sides

  54. かたがた
    persons, this and that, here and there, everywhere, any way, all sides

  55. こっち
    (ok) (col) here, this way, this one

  56. あゆみかた
    move, way to play

  57. ははかた
    mother's side of family

  58. ほうほう
    method, manner, way, means, technique

  59. かたほう
    one side, one party, the other side, the other party

  60. いきかた
    way of life, how to live

  61. りっぽう
    cube

  62. あらかた
    mostly, almost

  63. あさがた
    toward morning

  64. ゆくえ
    one's whereabouts

  65. ゆきかた
    way of doing, directions
  66. 西
    せいほう
    western direction
  67. 西
    にしのほう
    western direction
  68. によっては
    みかたによっては
    depending on one's point of view

  69. いいかた
    speaking style

  70. よみかた
    way of reading, how to read

  71. ほうと
    way, means
  72. もない
    とほうもない
    extraordinary, preposterous, outrageous, absurd

  73. えんぽう
    long way, distant place

  74. たべかた
    way of eating, how to eat
Kanji Character : 方
Kuten Encoding : 4293
SJIS Encoding : 4a7d
Unicode Encoding : 65b9
Old Nelson Index : 2082
Radical Number : 70
Frequency Ranking : 29
Gakken Index : 28
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 1963
Heisig Index : 490
Henshall Index : 204
New Nelson Index : 2389
O'Neil Index : 85
Stroke Count : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 4h0.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 0
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : h
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 70
SKIP Code : 2-2-2
De Roo Code : 445
Four Corner Code : 0022.7
Korean reading : bang
Pinyin reading : fang1
Morohashi Index String : 13620
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 5.0654
Morohashi Index Number : 13620
Morohashi Page : 654
Morohashi Volume : 5
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP3-3-1
Dictionary Codes
  1. R445
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