| 138 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 223 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 204 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 28 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 26 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 182 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 85 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 70 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 70 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 43 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 957 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1709 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 501 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13620 | Morohashi |
| 1963 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 490 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 529 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 25 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 102 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
方
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
46 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 方 【ホウ】 direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction), side (of an argument, etc.), one's part, type, category, field (of study, etc.), indicates one side of a comparison, way, method, manner, means, length (of each side of a square)
- 方言 【ホウゲン】 dialect, provincialism
- 途方 【トホウ】 way, destination, reason
- 処方 【ショホウ】 prescription (of medicine), formula
Kun reading compounds
- 方 【かた】 direction, way, person, lady, gentleman, method of, manner of, way of, care of ..., person in charge of ..., side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
- 方々 【かたがた】 people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen, you (usu. plural)
- 親方 【おやかた】 master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent
- 出方 【でかた】 attitude, approach, move, theater usher, theatre usher
Readings
- Japanese names:
- から、 な、 なた、 ふさ、 まさ、 みち、 も、 わ
- Korean:
- bang
Spanish
- dirección
- lado
- cuadrado
- método
- manera
- persona
- forma de hacer
Portuguese
- direção
- pessoa
- alternativa
French
- direction
- personne
- alternative
| 445 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4h0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65b9 | Unicode hex code |
scheme, plan, policy, step, means
- On:
- サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
209 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 策 【サク】 plan, policy, means, measure, stratagem, scheme, fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, right upward flick
- 作戦 【サクセン】 tactics, strategy, military operation, naval operation
- 施策 【シサク】 policy, measure
- 国策 【コクサク】 national policy
Readings
- Korean:
- chaeg
Spanish
- esquema
- plan
- estrategia
Portuguese
- esquema
- plano
- política
- passo
- meios
French
- moyen
- plan
- stratégie
- politique
- projet
- mesures
| 795 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 883 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 873 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 256 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3393 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 695 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1604 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1767 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 880 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 901 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1057 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1477 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3320 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2338 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 957 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26009 | Morohashi |
| 2679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4284 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 948 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1019 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 256 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 945 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 8890.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b56 | Unicode hex code |