Memory phrase for the character: 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




 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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