# 方 — Direction

Frequency rank 30 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 場 (Location), less common than 会 (Meet).

- On’yomi: ほう
- Kun’yomi: かた
- Radical: 方 Square (Kangxi 70)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 4

A carpenter presses a steel square against a plank, one arm lying across the top and the other pointing down the side.

In words:

- 方 かた — person, way of doing
- 方々 かたがた — persons,this and that,here and there,everywhere
- 夕方 ゆうがた — evening

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