Moto 方: Direction; Person; AlternativeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi
- かた、-かた、-がた
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 978 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ホウ)
- 地方ちほうdistrict; region
- 方向ほうこうdirection; orientation
- 方法ほうほうmethod; process
- 方針ほうしんpolicy; course
- 双方そうほうboth parties; both sides
- 方式ほうしきform; method
- 地方自治体ちほうじちたいlocal authority; local government
- 方面ほうめんdirection; district
- 両方りょうほうboth; both sides
- 地方分権ちほうぶんけんdecentralization of power; decentralisation of power
- 後方こうほうbehind; in the rear
- 方策ほうさくplan; policy
- 下方かほうlower region; lower part
- 他方たほうone (esp. of two); the other
- 地方自治ちほうじちlocal (governmental) autonomy
- 四方しほうthe four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west
- 方ほうdirection; way
- 東方とうほうeastern direction
- 地方議会ちほうぎかいlocal assembly
- 方言ほうげんdialect; provincialism
- 地方公共団体ちほうこうきょうだんたいlocal public body; local government
- 地方公務員ちほうこうむいんlocal government employee; local civil servant
- 地方税ちほうぜいlocal tax; council tax
- 片方かたほうone side; one party
- 途方とほうway; destination
- 西方せいほうwestern direction
- 方法論ほうほうろんmethodology
- 地方行政ちほうぎょうせいlocal administration
- 当方とうほうI; we
- 三方さんぼうthree sides
- 平方キロメートルへいほうキロメートルsquare kilometer; square kilometre
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 見方みかたviewpoint; point of view
- 考え方かんがえかたway of thinking
- 仕方しかたway; method
- 親方おやかたmaster; boss
- 夕方ゆうがたevening; dusk
- 使い方つかいかたway to use something; treatment
- 出方でかたattitude; approach
- 味方みかたfriend; ally
- 言い方いいかたway of saying (something); way of putting it
- 上方かみがたKyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region
- 大方おおかたlarge part; greater part
- 相手方あいてかたother party; opposite party
- 裏方うらかたsomeone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter
- 読み方よみかたpronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji)
- 書き方かきかたway of writing; manner of writing
- 朝方あさがたearly morning; early hours
Other readings
- 一方いっぽうone (esp. of two); the other
- 北方ほっぽうthe north; northward
- 行方ゆくえ(one's) whereabouts
- 一方的いっぽうてきone-sided; unilateral
- 方々かたがたpeople; (all) persons
- 立方メートルりっぽうメートルcubic meter
- 南方なんぽうthe south; southward
- 前方ぜんぽうforward; frontward
- 漢方薬かんぽうやくChinese herbal medicine
- 八方はっぽうall sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
- 先方せんぽうother party; other side
- 漢方かんぽうtraditional Chinese medicine
- 一方通行いっぽうつうこうone-way traffic
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Kanji that often appear with 方
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