| 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
- 右方 【ウホウ】 right side, style of Japanese court music
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
69 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 円 【エン】 yen (Japanese monetary unit), circle
- 円滑 【エンカツ】 smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
- 楕円 【ダエン】 ellipse
- 同心円 【ドウシンエン】 concentric circles
Kun reading compounds
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 黒円 【くろまる】 black spot, black dot, bull's-eye, middle dot, interpunct
- 円居 【まどい】 sitting in a circle, pleasant gathering
- 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
- 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
- 円やか 【まろやか】 round, circular, spherical, mellow (flavour, voice, etc.), mild, smooth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぶら、 のぶ、 まどか、 みつ
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- circular
- redondo
- yen
Portuguese
- círculo
- iene
- redondo
French
- cercle
- yen
- rond
| 48 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 50 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 4 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 617 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 159 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 20 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 78 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 13 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 13 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 14 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 159 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3673 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1875 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2555 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 185 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1513 | Morohashi |
| 2955 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 385 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1811 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1952 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 260 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 25 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3645 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2r2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 7722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5186 | Unicode hex code |