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The kanji 向: meaning, readings and stroke order

向

Meaning
face toward, direction
On reading
コウ kou
Kun reading
む(く) muku、む(ける) mukeru、む(かう) mukau、む(こう) mukou
Strokes
6
Radical
口 mouth, opening
Level
Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Stroke order of 向, 6 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
hướng về, phía (hướng)
Japanese
その ほうを むく。むこう。
Korean
향하다, 쪽 (향)
Chinese
朝向、方向

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

む(く) muku · kun reading

む(ける) mukeru · kun reading

む(かう) mukau · kun reading

む(こう) mukou · kun reading

Practise writing 向 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 向 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.