向

See also 何, 同, and 回

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 宀 (“house”) + 口 (“window”)

Han character

向 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹月口 (HBR), four-corner 2722₀, composition ⿱丿冋)

1. toward, direction, trend

Derived terms

• 尙, 珦, 餉

References

• KangXi: page 176, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3301
• Dae Jaweon: page 393, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 579, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5411

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Cantonese

Hanzi

向 (traditional 曏, jyutping hoeng3, Yale heung3)

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Japanese

Kanji

向 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: コウ (kō), キョウ (kyō), ショウ (shō)
• Kun: むく (muku), むかう (mukau), さきに (sakini)

Proper noun

向 (hiragana むかい, romaji Mukai)

1. A surname.

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Korean

Hanja

向 (hangeul 향, 상, revised hyang, sang, McCune-Reischauer hyang, sang)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

向 (pinyin chà (cha4), xiàng (xiang4), zhā (zha1), Wade-Giles ch'a⁴, hsiang⁴, cha¹)

1. Direction.

向 (traditional 曏, pinyin xiàng (xiang4), Wade-Giles hsiang⁴)

Compounds

• 向北
• 向前
• 向東
• 向下
• 向西
• 向上望
• 向导
• 向日葵
• 向來/向来
• 方向

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Vietnamese

Han character

向 (hướng)