The kanji 方: meaning, readings and stroke order

方

Meaning: direction, way
On reading: ホウ hou
Kun reading: かた kata
Strokes: 4
Radical: 方 square
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hướng, cách làm (phương)
Japanese: ほうがく。やりかた。
Korean: 방향, 방법 (방)
Chinese: 方向、方法

Readings, words and example sentences

ホウ hou · on reading

方ほう角がく
direction
北の 方ほう角がくを見ます。
I look toward the north.

かた kata · kun reading

話はなし方かた
way of speaking
先生の 話し方はなしかたはとてもやさしいです。
Our teacher speaks very gently.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.