何方

Chinese

 
carry; what; how
carry; what; how; why; which
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad.
(何方)

Pronunciation


Noun

何方

  1. (literary) where

Synonyms


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ちら
Grade: 2
irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓); borrowed from Chinese + .

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちら [dóꜜchìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞t͡ɕiɾa̠]

Pronoun

()(ちら) (dochira) 

  1. which way?
  2. which one? (of two alternatives)
Usage notes

The hiragana spelling (どちら) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何方), which is rarely used.

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
なた
Grade: 2
irregular

Pronoun

()(なた) (donata) 

  1. who? (honorific)
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      あの(かた)()(なた)(さま)ですか
      anokata wa donata-sama desu ka
      Who is that gentleman
Usage notes

The hiragana spelling (どなた) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何方).

Synonyms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
irregular

/iduti/ → /izuti/. Compound of interrogative pronoun いづ (izu) and directional suffix (chi).

Pronoun

何方(いずち) (izuchi) いづち (iduti)?

  1. indefinite interrogative directional pronoun; which direction, where
    • late 10th century, Taketori Monogatari:
      「「龍の頚の玉取りえずは、歸り來な」とのたまへば、いづちいづちも、足の向きたらん方へいなむ。かゝるすき事をしたまふこと」と、そしりあへり。
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

See also

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
いず
Grade: 2
かた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Pronoun

(いず)(かた) (izukata) いづかた (idukata)?

  1. which direction
  2. who

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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