| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1762 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 悦 【エツ】 self-satisfaction, rejoicing
- 悦に入る 【エツニイル】 to be pleased, to gloat, to glow with self-satisfaction
- 満悦 【マンエツ】 great delight, great satisfaction, rapture
- 怡悦 【イエツ】 rejoicing
Kun reading compounds
- 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
- 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- や、 よし
- Korean:
- yeol
Spanish
- júbilo
- alegría
- regocijarse
Portuguese
- êxtase
- prazer
French
- extase
- joie
- ravissement
| 1020 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1690 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1696 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1857 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1300 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1054 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1368 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1455 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1453 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 815 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 501 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 378 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 626 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10629P | Morohashi |
| 418 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1868 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 619 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 666 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1334 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1157 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k7.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 9801.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 60a6 | Unicode hex code |