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方 = ノ + 亠 + 𠃌
方 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “direction”. It is built from ノ (katakana no), 亠 (lid) and 𠃌 (clothes hanger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 529. It appears as a component in 15 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- direction
- RTK frame
- 529
- Strokes
- 4
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ホウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かた, -かた, -がた
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- compass, направление
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 方 a square
Decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 方
- 妨 disturb
- 坊 boy
- 芳 perfumed
- 肪 obese
- 訪 call on
- 放 set free
- 激 violent
- 傲 arrogance
- 傍 bystander
- 房 tassel
- 防 ward off
- 紡 spinning
- 敷 spread
- 於 within
- 㫃 banner
How to find 方 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “lid” + “clothes hanger”. 方 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 方 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.