漢字道KANJIDOβ

向 — 6 strokes / Radical「口」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 6 strokes / Radical「口」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
む(く)・む(かう)・む(こう)・む(ける)mu(ku) · mu(kau) · mu(kō) · mu(keru)
Meaning
face, turn toward

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a window opening in a house wall — a window faces outward, so it means to face toward.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō向上こうじょう傾向けいこう趣向しゅこう
Kunむくmuku向くむく向きむき
Kunむけるmukeru向けるむける顔向けかおむけ
Kunむかうmukau向かうむかう向かいむかい
Kunむこうmukō向こうむこう向こう側むこうがわ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 方向ほうこう

    direction

  • 向上こうじょう

    improvement

More words with this kanji

  • 傾向けいこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

前(まえ)を 向(む)いて あるきます。

I face forward and walk.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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