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xiàng(xiang4) // pronunciation of 向 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 向

Unihan definition: toward, direction, trend

Number of strokes: 6
Examples of other characters consisting of 6 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  30.3

HSK level: 3
Other HSK 3 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 3 charaters »

Frequency rank: 146

General standard index number: 0480

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 一向, 偏向, 倾向, 内向, 全向, 切向, 刘向, 动向, 去向, 反向, 取向, 向上, 向下, 向来, 向例, 向前, 向北, 向南, 向外, 向后, 向性, 向慕, 向斜, 向暮, 向东

English translation (based on CEDICT):

向[Xiàng]:
- surname Xiang
向[xiàng]:
- towards
- to face
- to turn towards
- direction
- to support
- to side with
- shortly before
- formerly
- always
- all along
嚮|向[xiàng]:
- to tend toward
- to guide
- variant of [xiang4]
曏|向[xiàng]:
- variant of [xiang4]
- direction
- orientation
- to face
- to turn toward
- to
- towards
- shortly before
- formerly

Details

Unicode code point: U+5411

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