Keyword
direction
- yonder
- facing
- beyond
- confront
- defy
- tend toward
- approach
- Frequency
- #182
- Strokes
- 6
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 195
Readings
む51%
コウ44%
むか5%
Mnemonic
A lost tourist wears an upside-down box on his head, a wire antenna jutting in a slash left, and yells through its mouth hole for direction.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
响make sound垧variable unit of land measure逈distant扄large ring on a front door used as a knocker晌noon珦kind of jade餉(dried) boiled rice嚮guide
Used in vocabulary
向こう
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad); …
Noun
向き
direction; orientation; aspect; exposure; suited to; suitable for; designed for; tendency; inclination; nature (of a request or desire); …
Noun
向ける
to turn (towards); to face; to point; to aim; to direct to; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate; to send; …
Ichidan verb
一向に
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; earnestly; intently; determinedly
Adverb
に向けて
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
Expression