三方

Etymology
From. The sense likely arose from the way that three sides have decorative cutouts.

Noun

 * 1) three directions
 * 2)  a four-sided stand, usually made of cedar, on which a tray can be placed, with decorative holes on the front, left, and right sides of the stand; formerly used as a kind of one-person table at mealtimes, and now used mainly for votive offerings and other ceremonial purposes
 * 3)  in traditional Japanese mathematics, synonym for