向
向 — hyang, sang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 향할 향, 성 상
- Romanization
- hyang, sang
- English
- toward, direction, trend
- Mandarin
- xiàng
- Japanese on'yomi
- コウ, キョウ, ショウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- む.く む.い -む.き む.ける -む.け む.かう む.かい む.こう む.こう- むこ むか.い
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #182 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 (30, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5411
How 向 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 向 as a ideographic compound involving 宀, 口.
Korean example words with 向
- 변향變向 Korean gloss: 방향을 바꿈
- 성향性向 Korean gloss: 성질에 따른 경향
- 향방向方 Korean gloss: 향하여 나가는 방향
- 시향示向 Korean gloss: 나아갈 방향을 가리킴
- 풍향風向 Korean gloss: 바람이 불어오는 방향
- 향심向心 Korean gloss: 향하여 기울이는 마음
- 상향上向 Korean gloss: 위쪽을 향함. 또는 그 쪽
- 향념向念 Korean gloss: 마음을 기울임. 또는 그 마음
- 향후向後 Korean gloss: 이것에 뒤이어 오는 때나 자리
- 향좌向座 Korean gloss: 건물이나 물건 따위가 앉은 방향
- 향일向日 Korean gloss: 말하는 때 이전의 지나간 차례나 때
- 동향動向 Korean gloss: 어떤 특정한 사람이나 사물의 낱낱의 움직임
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 向
- 方向ほうこう direction; orientation; bearing
- 意向いこう intention; inclination; mind
- 傾向けいこう tendency; trend; inclination
- 向上こうじょう elevation; rise; improvement
- 動向どうこう trend; tendency; movement
- 向かって左むかってひだり on the left as one faces (it)
- 志向しこう intention; aim; preference (for)
- 前向きまえむき front-facing; forward-looking; positive
- 向きむき direction; orientation; aspect
- 出向しゅっこう temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation
- 一向にいっこうに completely; absolutely; totally
- 真っ向まっこう directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead
Characters sharing the phonetic 向
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “향” in Korean.
Other hanja read “향”
Other hanja with radical 口
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences