Spellings of あなた（がた）


The usual spelling would be hiragana for the first part and kanji for the
second, but the spellings 貴女（方）(if the addressee is female) and 貴男（方）(if the
addressee is male) are also in use. On to my question: the spelling 貴方 is more
common than either, but then how would you write あなた方? My IME offers 貴方方, but
that looks rather clunky. It doesn't offer 貴方々, but I can find examples of
that spelling. Would the first or second spelling be more common? (As I've
said, the _most_ common is あなた方)




It would depend, but 「あなた方」 would usually be fine. I simplify a bit, but
overusing kanji when not needed is not preferable in everyday text. Not saying
「貴方方」would be taken bad in anyway, just have the master nit pickers frown.

This isn't something major or thought about normally, but in newspapers and
such, they will usually use

「たぶん」over「多分」

「こちら」over「此方」

「または」over「又は」

As for 「貴方々」that is most likely a typo, since having 々 after a kanji means
repeating that letter, there is a word「方々」, but in this case it's
「貴方」(you)[方](people）




It would depend, but 「あなた方」 would usually be fine. I simplify a bit, but
overusing kanji when not needed is not preferable in everyday text. Not saying
「貴方方」would be taken bad in anyway, just have the master nit pickers frown.

This isn't something major or thought about normally, but in newspapers and
such, they will usually use

「たぶん」over「多分」

「こちら」over「此方」

「または」over「又は」

As for 「貴方々」that is most likely a typo, since having 々 after a kanji means
repeating that letter, there is a word「方々」, but in this case it's
「貴方」(you)[方](people）

