向 – yonder, facing, beyond

6 strokesTaught in grade 3#182 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 向 means yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is 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 (muku, mui, muki, mukeru, muke, mukau, mukai, mukou, mukou, muko, mukai). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 口 (no. 30).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	む.く	muku
Kun’yomi	む.い	mui
Kun’yomi	-む.き	muki
Kun’yomi	む.ける	mukeru
Kun’yomi	-む.け	muke
Kun’yomi	む.かう	mukau
Kun’yomi	む.かい	mukai
Kun’yomi	む.こう	mukou
Kun’yomi	む.こう-	mukou
Kun’yomi	むこ	muko
Kun’yomi	むか.い	mukai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 口 (Kangxi radical 30). Components: 口・冂.

Words using 向

向こうむこうopposite side向かうむかうto face傾向けいこうtendency向くむくto turn toward方向ほうこうdirection向かいむかいfacing向けるむけるto turn (towards)向けむけintended for ...振り向くふりむくto turn one's face向上こうじょうelevation動向どうこうtrend志向しこうintention意向いこうintention日向ひなたsunny place

Example sentences

彼女は背が低すぎて塀の向こうがみえなかった。

She was too short to see over the fence.

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その男の子は向こうにいます。

The boy is over there.

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向こうの思う壷だぞ。

You will play into their hands.

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Kanji with the same radical

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