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
prevent
spread out
travel
formal visit
cluster
carry out
boy
flag
swirl
to spin (yarn)
obstruct
sweet smelling
regarding
luxury
pride
stray
obese
written appeal
???
???
go to meet
moor
???
counter for flags
right hand side
float in water
protrusion
local area [old]
mayfly
???
claws
???
bright dawn
type of sea bream
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.