方

direction

Lv 5

Strokes: 4

JLPT: N4

Jōyō: Grade 2

Meanings

direction RTKWay

Mnemonic Aliases

Narrative names used in mnemonics for this kanji.

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Community Mnemonic

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Note: The primitives are top hat and bound up. Compare 万 (#68). Story: A rich man wearing a top hat and bound up from head to toe hobbles up to you and asks for directions to the nearest police station because he just escaped from his kidnappers.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

亠top hat

勹bound up

On'yomi

ほう

Kun'yomi

かた

Found In Vocabulary

方かたperson (polite); direction 両方りょうほうboth 夕方ゆうがたevening

Visually Similar Kanji

万ten thousand

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