| 136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 221 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 202 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 312 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2433 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 433 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 204 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 694 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 431 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 437 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 176 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1130 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3071 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1566 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2141 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 377 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16284 | Morohashi |
| 2416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2958 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 371 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 397 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 267 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 165 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
554 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歩 【ホ】 step, stride, counter for steps
- 歩行 【ホコウ】 walking, walk
- 遊歩 【ユウホ】 walk, promenade
- 牛歩 【ギュウホ】 snail's pace, slow progress
- 歩 【ブ】 bu, traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres, commission, percentage, exactly, precisely
- 歩合 【ブアイ】 rate, ratio, percentage, commission, poundage, percentage
- 町歩 【チョウブ】 hectare (2.471 acres)
- 町段畝歩 【チョウタンセブ】 units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
- 歩 【フ】 pawn
- 歩兵 【フヒョウ】 pawn
- 敵歩 【テキフ】 opponents pawn
- 二歩 【ニフ】 dropping two unpromoted pawns on the same file (illegal move)
Kun reading compounds
- 歩く 【あるく】 to walk
- 歩む 【あゆむ】 to walk, to go on foot, to tread (a figurative path), to follow, to lead (a life), to experience, to advance towards (e.g. a solution), to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.), to embark (on the road to ...)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 ゆき、 ゆみ
- Korean:
- bo
Spanish
- camino
- caminar
- razón
- proporción
- ir a pie
Portuguese
- passeio
French
- marcher
- compteur de pas
| 1260 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 2120.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b69 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |