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方

Level I of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 30 / 2,608

Direction

On’yomi
ほう
Kun’yomi
かた
Radical
方 Square (Kangxi 70)
School grade
2
Strokes
4

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

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

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 doingN5
方々 かたがた persons,this and that,here and there,everywhereN3
夕方 ゆうがた eveningN5

方 is rank 30 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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