字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE鐵122.3 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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方
方 direction, way (side form)
ほうへん houhen
4 strokesRadical of 6 kanjiPart of 15
Your ink in 方0% painted · 0 of 6 familiar
Origin · sourced
Possibly the original character of 旁 (“side”), with its form related to 巫. 巫 depicts four extremities with indicator symbols, being the original character of 荒 in 四荒.
Source: Wiktionary, 方 (rev. 92535814), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Point the way! This radical focus the character's meaning on orientation, methods, and movement. When you see it on the left, it tells you that the meaning involves traveling, finding a specific direction, or the clever "ways" and "methods" we use to interact with the world. It is the radical of the traveler, the explorer, and the master of technique.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates cardinal directions, methods and ways of doing things, travel, the act of unrolling or executing a plan, or concepts related to banners and labels.
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Every kanji with 方 as its radical
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