Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)
there's no (other) way
彼を待つより仕方がない。All we can do is to wait for him. cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice
it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough
oft. as 〜ても仕方がない
hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful
cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)
as 〜て仕方がない or 〜で仕方がない
Characters in this word
2仕
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2421.0 | Four corner code |
| 2172 | deroo |
| 4ed5 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-27-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 362 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 34 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 37 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 960 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1033 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 397 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 124 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 75 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 368 | Morohashi |
| 285 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 333 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 333 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 221 | sakade |
| 110 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 301 | henshall3 |
| 250 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 271 | crowley |
| 236 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 2.7 | busy_people |
| 58 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 969 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| shi4 | Pinyin reading |
| sa | Korean reading |
| n4 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 4 | WaniKani level |
方
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
direction, person, alternative
- Kun
- かた-かた-がた
- On
- ホウ
- Strokes
- 4
- Taught
- Grade 2
- JLPT
- N4
- Frequency
- 46 of 2500
- Radical
- 方 square
- WaniKani
- Level 3
Built from
Used in names as
からななたふさまさみちもわ
Dictionary and index codes (34)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 2-2-2, 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4h0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 0022.7 | Four corner code |
| 445 | deroo |
| 65b9 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-42-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 2082 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1963 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1243 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1709 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 490 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 529 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 28 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 85 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 26 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 13620 | Morohashi |
| 204 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 70 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 70 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 138 | sakade |
| 182 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 223 | henshall3 |
| 102 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 25 | crowley |
| 43 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 2.5 | busy_people |
| 957 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 501 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| fang1 | Pinyin reading |
| bang | Korean reading |
| n4 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 3 | WaniKani level |