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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
- —向岸流current flowing from the open sea towards land
- —回向偈closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead
- —横方向lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
- —志向形conjugation denoting volition (in Japanese)
- —偏向的biased; prejudiced; tendentious
- —方向幕destination sign (e.g. on a train); destination indicator; rollsign
- —業界動向industry trend
- —効率向上improvement in efficiency
- —攻撃方向attacking direction
- —偏向回路deflection circuit
- —方向観念sense of direction
- —未来指向future oriented
- —真っ向法makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
- —方向転換change of course
- —消費性向consumption propensity
- —面向不背flawless
- —向精神薬psychotropic drug
- —上昇傾向upward tendency; rising trend
- —対向車線opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
- —相場動向market trend; stock movements