向 – Kanji details

Keyword

direction

Info

Frequency	Top 100
Type	Kyōiku (3rd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 8
Heisig	195
Readings	む (87%) こう (10%) むか (1%)
	なたむこきょうむきをむむこうむけごたすら

Composed of

丿

slash left

冂

upside-down box

口

mouth

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a tourist asking for directions. We can see his open mouth, and the box around the mouth is a beret with an antenna that he's wearing.

Used in kanji (2 in total)

餉

(dried) boiled rice

嚮

???

Used in vocabulary (558 in total)

向むかう

to face; to go towards; to head towards

向むく

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

向むける

to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate

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Examples (200 in total)

誰だれに向むかって話はなしているんだ？

Who are you talking to?

顔かおをこちらへ向むけなさい。

Turn your face this way.

彼かれは街まちに向むかっているのではないようだ。

He doesn't seem to be heading for the town.

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