Word Meaning 四方

しほう shihou

四方 is read as しほう (shihou) and means four sides (of a square).

Meaning

English

four sides (of a square)
surroundings
all around
here and there
many countries
the whole world
square
quadrilateral

Reading

Kana

しほう

Romaji

shihou

Writing Variants

四方よほう yohou
四方よも yomo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 73 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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四国地方

しこくちほう

Shikoku region (incl. Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime and Kochi prefectures)

四方八方

しほうはっぽう

in all directions

四方竹

しほうちく

Tetragonocalamus quadrangularis (type of bamboo)

四次元超立方体

よじげんちょうりっぽうたい

tesseract

北方四島

ほっぽうよんとう

the four northern islands (held by Russia)

横四方固め

よこしほうがため

yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)

縦四方固め

たてしほうがため

tate-shiho-gatame (judo)

四つ切り

よつぎり

photograph size 254mm x 305 mm

四手

しで

hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)

東方

とうほう

eastern direction

西方

せいほう

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

一方

いっぽう

on the one hand

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