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square;
Show glosses Mandarin [more ▼] carry;
quadrilateral;
Show pronunciations what; how
(Pinyin): héfāng place
In other languages (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄈㄤ
simp. and trad.
Magyar
Cantonese (Jyutping): ho4 fong1 (何方) 何 方
Malagasy
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hô-hong
မြန်မာဘာသာ
Polski
ไทย Noun ​[ edit ]
中文
何方
If you have time, leave us a
note. 1. (literary) where

Synonyms ​[ edit ]
Dialectal synonyms of 哪裡 (“where”) [map] [show ▼]

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Etymology 1 ​[ edit ]

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

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何 方
どちら
Particularly: “From where comes the "chira" suffix in 何方 ‎(dochira‎), ど ちら
こちら あちら どなた Grade: 2 Grade: 2
此方 ‎(kochira‎), and 彼方 ‎(achira‎); & the "nata" suffix in 何方 ‎(donata‎),
こなた かなた irregular
此方 ‎(konata‎), and 彼方 ‎(kanata‎)?
I (second person) would like to point out that it seems that the 「ど」
seems to be a result of a sound shift, and comparison with the other
pronouns, like the other interrogatives, and also that the word is a
jukujikan, and that 「ちら」is not a suffix: rather, it would seem that the
word formed from “izu”(?) (interrogative) + “chi” (directional) + “ra”
(about, around), and thereafter the jukujikan was assigned to fit the
word, with the meaning of “what direction”, instead of “about which
direction?”.”

Pronunciation ​[ edit ]
(Tokyo) ど​ちら [dóꜜchìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA(key): [do̞t͡ɕiɾa̠]

Pronoun ​[ edit ]
ど ちら
何 方 • (dochira)
1. which way?
2. which one? (of two alternatives)

Usage notes ​[ edit ]

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

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Etymology 2 ​[ edit ]

Pronoun ​[ edit ] Kanji in this term

ど なた
何 方 • (donata)
何 方
1. who? (honorific) [quotations ▼]
ど なた
Usage notes ​[ edit ] Grade: 2 Grade: 2

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

Synonyms ​[ edit ]
だれ
誰 ‎(dare‎) (plain)

Etymology 3 ​[ edit ]

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

Kanji in this term
ち ‎(chi‎).

Pronoun ​[ edit ] 何 方
いずち
? Grade: 2 Grade: 2
何方 • (izuchi) ←いづち ‎(iduti‎)
irregular
1. indefinite interrogative directional pronoun; which direction, where
[quotations ▼]

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Etymology 4 ​[ edit ]

Pronunciation ​[ edit ] Kanji in this term

(Tokyo) い ず​かた [ìzúꜜkàtà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
(Tokyo) いずかた [ìzúkátá] (Heiban – [0])[1] 何 方
IPA(key): [izɨᵝka̠ta̠] いず かた
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
Pronoun ​[ edit ]
いずかた kun’yomi
?
何 方 • (izukata) ←いづかた ‎(idukata‎)
1. which direction
2. who

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Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives [show ▼]

References ​[ edit ]
Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon
Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese),
Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Chinese nouns Mandarin nouns Cantonese nouns Min Nan nouns
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Japanese terms spelled with 方 Japanese terms with irregular kanji readings
Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun Japanese terms borrowed from Chinese
Japanese terms derived from Chinese Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
Japanese lemmas Japanese pronouns Japanese terms with multiple readings
Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
Japanese terms written with two Han script characters Japanese honorific terms
Japanese terms with usage examples Japanese terms historically spelled with づ
Japanese terms with quotations Japanese terms spelled with 何 read as いず
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Japanese interrogative pronouns

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