Info on the Kanji 方 | What's a Kanji? |
| direction, person, alternative | |
| onyomi | HOU |
| kunyomi | kata |
| stroke count | 4 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 方 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 方ほう hou | suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc. |
| お方おほう o hou | this lady or gentleman |
| 医方いほう i hou | healing method |
| 一方いっぽう ippou | one / the other / one way / the other way / one direction / the other direction / one side / the other side / one party / the other party / on the one hand / on the other hand / whereas / although / but at the same time / meanwhile / in turn / just keeps / being inclined to . |
| 右方うほう uhou | right side / style of japanese court music |
| 下方かほう kahou | lower region / lower part |
| 何方どっち docchi | which way / which direction / where / which one / who |
| 開方かいほう kai hou | extraction of roots |
| 外方そとほう soto hou | look the other way |
| 漢方かんぽう kanpou | traditional chinese medicine |
| 京方きょうほう kyou hou | the direction of kyoto / kansai area / citizens of kyoto / nobles |
| 空方そらほう sora hou | arching backward / looking up |
| 兄方あにほう ani hou | favourable direction / favorable direction / lucky direction |
| 見方みかた mikata | viewpoint / point of view / way of understanding / way of appreciating / how to look at something |
| 元方もとほう moto hou | capitalist / wholesaler |
| 言方げんほう gen hou | way of talking / speaking style |
| 古方こほう ko hou | old method |
| 後方こうほう kouhou | behind / in the rear / in back |
| 公方くぼう kubou | public affairs / the court / the shogun / the shogunate |
| 行方なめがた namegata | whereabouts / course / direction |
| 今方いまほう ima hou | a moment ago |
| 左方さほう sahou | left side |
| 三方みかた mikata | day laborer / day labourer |
| 仕方しかた shikata | way / method / means / resource / course |
| 四方しほう shihou | every direction / east, west, south and north / four directions |
| 借方かりかた karikata | debtor / debit / way of borrowing |
| 十方じゅうほう juu hou | the ten directions / all directions / everywhere |
| 出方でかた dekata | attitude / move / theater usher / theatre usher |
| 女方おんなほう onna hou | male actor in female kabuki roles |
| 上方じょうほう jouhou | kyoto and vicinity / kyoto-osaka region / kansai region |
| 親方おやかた oyakata | master / boss / chief / foreman / supervisor / stable master / craftsman / artisan / foster parent |
| 正方せいほう seihou | square |
| 西方せいほう seihou | western direction / western pure land |
| 先方せんぽう senpou | companion / other party / he / she / they / destination / person in front |
| 前方ぜんぽう zenpou | forward / frontward / rectangular front |
| 貸方かしかた kashikata | creditor / method of lending / credit side |
| 大方おおかた ookata | perhaps / almost all / majority |
| 地方ちほう chihou | area / locality / district / region / province / countryside / rural area / coast / person singing ballads in noh / person in charge of music in a japanese dance performance |
| 朝方あさがた asagata | early morning / early hours / toward morning |
| 町方まちほう machi hou | town |
| 土方どかた dokata | construction worker / laborer / navvy |
| 東方とうほう touhou | eastern direction / the orient |
| 南方なんぽう nanpou | south / southern / southward |
| 二方にほう nihou | both people / two people / two directions / both directions |
| 入方にゅうほう nyuu hou | time of setting |
| 八方はっぽう happou | all sides / large hanging lantern |
| 百方ひゃくほう hyaku hou | in every way |
| 方円ほうえん hou en | squares and circles / square and round shapes |
| 方音ほうおと hou oto | dialectal pronunciation |
| 方言ほうげん hougen | dialect |
| 方今ほういま hou ima | present time / now / nowadays |
| 方図ほうず hou zu | end / limit / limits |
| 方正ほうせい housei | rectitude |
| 方方ほうほう hou hou | they / gentlemen / you / various |
| 方立ほうりつ hou ritsu | mullion |
| 北方ほっぽう hoppou | northern / northward |
| 万方まんほう man hou | many lands / many means |
| 味方みかた mikata | friend / ally / supporter |
| 明方めいほう mei hou | dawn |
| 目方めかた mekata | weight |
| 夕方ゆうがた yuugata | evening / dusk |
| 来方らいほう rai hou | your coming |
| 立方りっぽう rippou | dancing |
| 六方ろっぽう roppou | the six directions / hexagonal |
| あの方あのほう ano hou | that gentleman / he / she |
| あり方ありほう ari hou | the way something ought to be / the state of things / how things are |
| この方このほう kono hou | since / this person |
| その方そのほう sono hou | that person |
| やり方やりほう yari hou | manner of doing / way / method / means |
| 医方明いほうめい i hou mei | cikitsavidya |
| 飲み方のみほう nomi hou | way of taking / way of drinking |
| 下方にかほうに kahou ni | below |
| 何方へどっちへ docchi he | where to? / whither? |
| 何方もどっちも docchi mo | both / either / any / all / every |
| 何方道どっちみち docchi michi | anyway / either way / one way or the other |
| 漢方医かんぽうい kanpoui | doctor of chinese medicine |
| 教え方おしえかた oshiekata | method of teaching |
| 言い方いいかた iikata | way of talking / speaking style |
| 言う方いうほう iu hou | way of saying |
| 古医方こいほう ko i hou | edo-period school of chinese medicine based on pre-jin and yuan teachings |
| 後の方のちのほう nochino hou | later |
| 後世方こうせいほう kousei hou | edo-period school of chinese medicine based on post-jin and yuan teachings |
| 考え方かんがえかた kangaekata | way of thinking |
| 行き方いきかた ikikata | way of doing / route / directions |
| 行く方ゆくえ yukue | whereabouts / course / direction |
| 今し方いましがた imashigata | moment ago |
| 今朝方けさがた kesagata | this morning |
| 作り方つくりかた tsukurikata | style of building / construction / workmanship / way of making / recipe / how to grow |
| 仕方話しかたはなし shikata hanashi | talking with gestures |
| 使い方つかいかた tsukaikata | way to use something / treatment / management |
| 使用方しようほう shiyou hou | method of use |
| 持ち方もちかた mochikata | way one holds / how to hold |
| 七方出しちほうしゅつ shichi hou shutsu | seven disguises of the ninja |
| 借り方かりほう kari hou | debtor / debit / way of borrowing |
| 書き方かきかた kakikata | way of writing / manner of writing / penmanship / calligraphy / format / stroke order of a character |
| 上つ方あがつほう agatsu hou | nobles / the upper class |
| 上方語じょうほうご jouhou go | edo-period kansai dialect |
| 食べ方たべかた tabekata | way of eating / how to eat |
| 新方言しんほうげん shin hougen | new dialect / new regional dialect |
| 生き方いきかた ikikata | way of life / how to live |
| 生け方いけほう ike hou | way of arranging flowers |
| 西の方にしのほう nishi no hou | western direction |
| 切り方きりかた kirikata | way of cutting / how to cut or slice |
| 先生方せんせいがた senseigata | doctors / teachers |
| 貸し方かしほう kashi hou | creditor / method of lending / credit side |
| 地方紙ちほうし chihoushi | local newspaper |
| 地方時ちほうとき chihou toki | local time |
| 地方色ちほうしょく chihoushoku | local color / local colour |
| 地方病ちほうびょう chihou byou | endemic |
| 地方名ちほうめい chihoumei | geographical name / local name |
| 長方体ちょうほうからだ chouhou karada | parallelepiped |
| 天文方てんもんほう tenmon hou | edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating western books, etc. |
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| Example Sentences with 方 |
| 私はいつも不思議な性格の方が好きだった。 眠った方がいいよ。 私はなぜか夜の方が元気だ。 何か他の言い方はある？ |
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