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向 kanji
yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
コウ
Kun readings
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
Words with 向
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3傾向Populartendency; trend; inclination
- N3方向Populardirection; orientation; bearing; way; course (e.g. of action)
- N1向上Popularelevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
- N1志向Popularintention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
- N1動向Populartrend; tendency; movement; attitude
- N1意向Popularintention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
- —一向Popularcompletely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; earnestly; intently; determinedly; Jōdo Shinshū
- —趣向Popularplan; idea; design; plot; taste; liking; preference
- —出向Populartemporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; loan; proceeding to; leaving for
- —性向Popularinclination; tendency; nature; character
- —対向Popularcounter-; corresponding; face; opposite
- —転向Popularconversion; shift; about-face; switch
- —内向Popularintroversion
- —偏向Popularpropensity; tendency; inclination; deflection
- —真っ向Populardirectly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
- —一向にPopularcompletely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; earnestly; intently; determinedly
- —内向的Popularintroverted; withdrawn
- —方向音痴Popular(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
- —下向going from the capital to the provinces; returning after praying at a temple or shrine; coming down from a high place to a low place
- —外向extroversion