| 1031 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1246 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2494 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1531 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 666 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 693 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 706 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 907 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1158 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 258 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 196 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1253 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17133 | Morohashi |
| 222 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3047 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1245 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1334 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1083 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
908 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 汚水 【オスイ】 filthy water, sewage
- 汚職 【オショク】 corruption
- 防汚 【ボウオ】 antifouling, stain resistance, stain-proofing, anti-soiling
- 貪汚 【タンオ】 greed, corruption
Kun reading compounds
- 汚す 【よごす】 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile
- 汚れる 【けがれる】 to be violated, to be corrupted, to be polluted, to be stained
- 汚らわしい 【けがらわしい】 filthy, unfair, dirty, untouchable, disgusting, nasty, foul, odious, repulsive
- 汚す 【よごす】 to pollute, to contaminate, to soil, to make dirty, to stain, to disgrace, to dishonour, to dishonor, to defile
- 汚れる 【よごれる】 to get dirty, to become dirty, to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
- 汚い 【きたない】 dirty, filthy, foul, unclean, disordered, messy, untidy, poor (e.g. handwriting), indecent (language, etc.), dirty, vulgar, coarse, dastardly, mean, base, underhanded, stingy, greedy
- 汚い戦争 【きたないせんそう】 Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
Readings
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- sucio
- manchado
- manchar
- deshonrar
- ensuciar
- difamar
- obsceno
- ensuciarse
Portuguese
- sujo
- poluir
- desgraça
- estupro
- sujar
French
- sale
- polluer
- disgrâce
- profaner
- souiller
| 352 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3112.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6c5a | 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
- 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
| 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 |