向 (xiàng)
towards/direction
How 向 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 向
- Simplified
- 向 (unchanged)
Components
- 宀 roof
- 口 mouth
Common words using 向
- 方向 fāngxiàng
- direction; orientation; path to follow
- 一向 yīxiàng
- always (previously); a period of time in the recent past
- 傾向 qīngxiàng
- trend; tendency; orientation
- 內向 nèixiàng
- inward-looking; introvert; introverted (personality)
- 向上 xiàngshàng
- upward; up; to advance
- 向下 xiàngxià
- down; downward
- 向來 xiànglái
- always (previously)
- 向前 xiàngqián
- forward; onward
- 向右 xiàngyòu
- facing right; rightwards; to the right
- 向日葵 xiàngrìkuí
- sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
- 嚮往 xiàngwǎng
- to yearn for; to look forward to
- 走向 zǒuxiàng
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination
向 in a sentence
請你一直向前走，就會看到捷運站了。
Qǐng nǐ yìzhí xiàng qián zǒu, jiù huì kàndào jiéyùnzhàn le.
“Please keep walking straight ahead, and you will see the MRT station.”
How common is 向?
向 is the 146th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 49.2% of all running text.
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