Direction

Radical Combination

• 方
  Direction

Meaning

Direction, Way

Mnemonic

The radical and the kanji for direction are the same! Huzzah! There is also another meaning too, though. This can also mean way as well. Think of it this way: When you move in one direction in your life, you are developing your own way. "The way of [your name here]."

Reading

Mnemonic

What direction do you always know? Which direction do you always want to go? Home (ほう). Something about your home always stays with you, no matter how far away you go. So if you're lost and you don't know which direction to go, just think of home!

Visually Similar Kanji

• 万 まん Ten Thousand

Found In Vocabulary

• 方 ほう Direction
• 見方 みかた Way Of Seeing
• 仕方 しかた Method
• 仕方がない しかたがない Can't Be Helped
• 考え方 かんがえかた Way Of Thinking
• 両方 りょうほう Both
• 方向 ほうこう Direction
• 東方 とうほう Eastward
• 読み方 よみかた Reading
• 方言 ほうげん Dialect
• 言い方 いいかた Way Of Saying
• 作り方 つくりかた How To Make
• 使い方 つかいかた How To Use
• 話し方 はなしかた Way Of Speaking
• 方法 ほうほう Method
• 薬方 やくほう Prescription
• 書き方 かきかた Way To Write
• 味方 みかた Ally
• 方向音痴 ほうこうおんち No Sense Of Direction