向

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

• 响, 垧, 姠, 恦, 逈, 𣂝, 晌, 𬂭, 𤈍, 珦, 𥹝, 𥿧, 䖮, 𧧦, 𮚹, 銄, 餉(饷), 𮯄
• 䚁, 𭕜, 扄, 晑, 𥭈, 𰈜, 𠽘, 𤍀, 嚮, 𪢞, 𧥁, 𫝙, 𫷇, 𣹚, 𮣛

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 176, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3301
• Dae Jaweon: page 393, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 579, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5411

Historical forms of the character 向
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 (“house”) + 口 (“mouth”), echos in a place. The original form of 響. It was borrowed to represent 𠨍 (嚮) later.

“ACG: for (directed at, intended to belong to)”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 向(む)け (muke).

向

1. to face

   向陽／向阳  ―  xiàngyáng  ―  to face the sun

   大門向南／大门向南  ―  dàmén xiàng nán  ―  the entrance faces south

   相向而行  ―  xiàng xiàng ér xíng  ―  to walk towards each other

2. to side with; to favour; to discriminate in favour of
3. (literary) to admire; to revere
4. (literary) to approach; to advance towards

   向晚  ―  xiàngwǎn  ―  evening

5. direction

   風向／风向  ―  fēngxiàng  ―  wind direction

   志向  ―  zhìxiàng  ―  ambitions

6. towards; to

   向東走／向东走  ―  xiàng dōng zǒu  ―  to go east

   流向大海  ―  liú xiàng dàhǎi  ―  to flow towards the sea

   向警方報案／向警方报案  ―  xiàng jǐngfāng bào'àn  ―  to report a crime to the post

   我有些問題想向您請教。 [MSC, trad.]
   我有些问题想向您请教。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yǒu xiē wèntí xiǎng xiàng nín qǐngjiào. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   大家紛紛把目光投向他。 [MSC, trad.]
   大家纷纷把目光投向他。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dàjiā fēnfēn bǎ mùguāng tóu xiàng tā. [Pinyin]

   Everyone cast their gaze towards him.

7. (literary) the old days; the past
8. always; throughout

   向有研究  ―  xiàng yǒu yánjiū  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

9. (Taivoan religious concept) sorcery, taboo, and magic
10. (chiefly ACG, suffix forming attributive adjectives) for (directed at, intended to belong to)

    子供向  ―  zǐgōngxiàng  ―  family-friendly (literally, “for children”)

    催淚向／催泪向  ―  cuīlèixiàng  ―  tearjerker

向

1. An ancient state in modern Shandong
2. name of two places in modern Henan
3. a surname

   • 將軍向寵，性行淑均，曉暢軍事。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     将军向宠，性行淑均，晓畅军事。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 諸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng) (Zhuge Liang), 《出師表》, 227 CE

     Jiāngjūn Xiàng Chǒng, xìngxíng shū jūn, xiǎochàng jūnshì. [Pinyin]

     General Xiang Chong is a kind and fair-minded man proficient in military matters.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. yonder
2. facing

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kun: むかう (mukau, 向かう, Jōyō)^{←むかふ (mukafu, 向かふ, historical)}; むく (muku, 向く, Jōyō); むける (mukeru, 向ける, Jōyō); むこう (mukō, 向こう, Jōyō); さきに (sakini, 向に); むかい (mukai, 向かい)^{←むかひ (mukafi, 向かひ, historical)}; むき (muki, 向き)
• Nanori: ひさ (hisa); むか (muka); むかう (mukau); むき (muki); むけ (muke); むこう (mukō); しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}

向(むかい) • (Mukai) ^{←むかひ (mukafi)?}

1. a surname

向 (eumhun 향할 향 (hyanghal hyang))

1. Hanja form^? of 향 (“facing”).

向 (eumhun 성 상 (seong sang))

1. Hanja form^? of 상 (“a surname.”).

向: Hán Nôm readings: hướng

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