Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
square
Parts:
direction, person, alternative
Kun:
かた-かた-がた
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
46 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang1
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dirección
  • lado
  • cuadrado
  • método
  • manera
  • persona
  • forma de hacer

Portuguese

  • direção
  • pessoa
  • alternativa

French

  • direction
  • personne
  • alternative
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)
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

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
On:
ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1741 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 伯 【ハク】 count, earl, chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system), Brazil
  • 伯爵 【ハクシャク】 count, earl
  • 画伯 【ガハク】 master painter, great artist, painter, artist
  • 医伯 【イハク】 doctor

Readings

Japanese names:
いき、 えき、 か、 き、 は、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2, bai3, ba4
Korean:
baeg, pae

Spanish

  • jefe
  • conde
  • hermano mayor
  • Brasil

Portuguese

  • chefe
  • conta
  • conde
  • tio
  • Brasil

French

  • chef
  • comte
  • oncle
  • Brésil
1694 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1671 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
397 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1679 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1041 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
363 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1234 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1877 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
83 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
67 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
43 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
976 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
466 Morohashi
59 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
158 New Nelson (John Haig)
967 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1041 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1097 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2620.0 Four corner code
1-39-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f2f Unicode hex code