Memory phrase for the Kanji: 方

方

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Meaning

direction, side, way, person

Pronunciation

 HŌ
kata

Explanation

 Top: cover 亠, below: a sword 刀

Mnemonic
The cover covers the sword to all directions. (Or: Only one 丶 out of ten thousand 万 knows the direction.)

Radicals

方 direction
亠 coverOther covers are: 冖
万 ten thousand
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Vocabulary

 捉え方  とらえかた  perception, understanding
 方  かた  side, polite for: person
 方言  ほうげん  dialect
 仕方  しかた  way, method, means, resource, course
 方程式  ほうていしき  equation
 正方形  せいほうけい  square
 方向  ほうこう  direction, course, way
 外方  そっぽ  look (or turn) the other way
 夕方  ゆうがた  evening

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