Keyword
way
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig529
Readings
ほう
(53%)
かた
(26%)
ぽう
(6%)
なた
(5%)
がた
(4%)
くえ
(1%)
Composed of
stick
ten thousand
Mnemonic

How did primitive humans mark the way to go? They didn't have language, so they couldn't speak, and they couldn't write. They used sticks! Ten thousand of them to be exact. Just drop a stick every few steps, and everyone will know the way to go!

Used in kanji (38 in total)
tribe
release
intense
play
Used in vocabulary (1018 in total)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
Examples (200 in total)
I think it's better that way.
They think they're stronger than me.
You're going the wrong way.