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方

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方 Direction, Person, Alternative

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

ほう

Mostly used when 方 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

かた、-かた、-がた

Mostly used when 方 stands alone.

Strokes
4
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 2
Frequency
#46

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).