Compound of彼(ka,distal pronoun: "that one yonder", far from both speaker and listener) +‎な(na,old genitive / possessive marker) +‎た(ta,ancient morpheme indicating direction).^[1][2] Compare the formation of日向(hinata,“sunshine, a sunny place”, literally“sun's direction, sun-facing”), using the same genitivena and direction-markingta.

First attested in 883.^[1]

• (Tokyo)かなた[káꜜnàtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠ta̠]

彼(か)方(なた)• (kanata) 

1. [from 1120] theother, theother side

   彼方(かなた)の神(かみ)、クルフィックス

   Kanata no Kami, Kurufikkusu

   Kruphix, God ofHorizons

2. [from 1120] that way;over there,far away, in the distance
3. [from 883] he, she, it: generalthird-person pronoun, referring to a person or thing far from both speaker and listener
4. [from 883] a time removed from the present, either in the past or in the future

• あなた(anata)

• “〈彼方〉”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

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