向
commonyonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Radical: 口 (mouth). Strokes: 6画. Elements: 口冂. . Hangul: 향 [hyang] 상 [sang]. Nanori: こお / た / な / むか / むかい / むこうkō / ta / na / muka / mukai / mukō.
Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| コウKŌ | 向学心【こうがくしんkōgakushin】love of learning 回向【えこうekō】Buddhist memorial service; prayers for the repose of the soul 指向【しこうshikō】being orientated (towards); directional (e.g. microphone); -oriented |
| むくmuku | 上向く【うわむくuwamuku】to point upward; to improve 見向く【みむくmimuku】to look around; to look towards (us) 出向く【でむくdemuku】to go to; to proceed to; to leave for |
| むいmui | 北に向いた窓【きたにむいたまどkitanimuitamado】window to the north 向いている【むいているmuiteiru】to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to) |
| むけるmukeru | 仕向ける【しむけるshimukeru】to induce; to tempt; to treat; to act toward; to handle (men); to send; to forward to 向ける【むけるmukeru】to turn towards; to point 振り向ける【ふりむけるfurimukeru】to turn (around); to appropriate |
| むかうmukau | 立ち向かう【たちむかうtachimukau】to fight against; to oppose; to face 向かう【むかうmukau】to face; to go towards 歯向かう【はむかうhamukau】to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy |
| むかいmukai | 向かい合う【むかいあうmukaiau】to be opposite; to face each other 向かい側【むかいがわmukaigawa】opposite side; other side; other party |
| むこうmukou | 向こう【むこうmukō】opposite side; over there; the other party; future (starting now) 向こう側【むこうがわmukōgawa】other side; opposite side; other party 向こう岸【むこうぎしmukōgishi】opposite bank; farther shore |
| むこmuko | 向こう側【むこうがわmukōgawa】other side; opposite side; other party 向こう岸【むこうぎしmukōgishi】opposite bank; farther shore |
| むかいmukai | 向い合う【むかいあうmukaiau】to be opposite; to face each other 向い側【むかいがわmukaigawa】opposite side; other side; other party 向い風【むかいかぜmukaikaze】head wind |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 5411 | – | Unicode |
| 24-94 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 3-3-3 | – | SKIP |
| 3d3.10 | – | TKD |
| 2722.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 849 | – | De Roo |
| 101 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 712 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3052 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1934 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 183 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 217 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 312 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 215 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 3301 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 843 |
| 278 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 199 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 213 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 402 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 294 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 266 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 192 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 557 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 319 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 186 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |