KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小36 strokesRadical 口#182 in newspapers
向 · yonder, facing
向 is a kanji meaning yonder, facing, beyond, confront. It has 6 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- コウkō
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- むくmuku
- むいmui
- -むき-muki
- むけるmukeru
- -むけ-muke
- むかうmukau
- むかいmukai
- むこうmukou
- むこう-mukou-
- むこmuko
- むかいmukai
Practise the N3 kanji
In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 向 · 13 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 向こうむこう | むこう | beyond, over there | N5 |
| 向かうむかう | むかう | to face, to go towards | N4 |
| 傾向けいこう | けいこう | tendency, trend, inclination | N3 |
| 向かいむかい | むかい | facing, opposite, across | N3 |
| 向くむく | むく | to face | N3 |
| 向けるむける | むける | to turn towards, to point | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 方向ほうこう | ほうこう | direction, course, way | N3 |
| 振り向くふりむく | ふりむく | to turn one's face, to turn around | N2 |
| 向上こうじょう | こうじょう | rise, improvement, progress | N1 |
| 動向どうこう | どうこう | trend, tendency, movement, attitude | N1 |
| 志向しこう | しこう | intention, aim | N1 |
| 意向いこう | いこう | intention, idea, inclination | N1 |
| 日向ひなた | ひなた | sunny place, in the sun | N1 |
Example sentence
向こうの方で泳ごう。
むこうのほうでおよごう
Let's swim over there.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #173838 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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