方
N4 WaniKani
Stroke Order
Meaning
Direction, Person, Alternative
On'yomi (音読み)
ほう
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かた, -かた, -がた
Stroke Count
4 strokes
方 in useful words
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- 一方いっぽう
- one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
- 見方みかた
- viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); view; angle
- 行方ゆくえ
- (one's) whereabouts
- 地方ちほう
- district; region; area; locality
- 北方ほっぽう
- the north; northward; northern direction
- 考え方かんがえかた
- way of thinking; point of view; opinion; approach (e.g. to a problem); attitude
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