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. (honorific) who?
    • 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 quotation)

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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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