1. 向

向

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Meta:

  1. 向 is the 146th most frequent character.
  2. 向 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 向 appears as a character in 70 words.
  4. 向 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
向 => 宀, 口
Radical :
向 => 宀 (roof), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
向 => 冖, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Xiang4 - surname Xiang
  2. xiang4 - towards/to face/to turn towards/direction/to support/to side with/shortly before/formerly/always/all along

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

向 
方向 

Medium Frequency

一向 
倾向 (傾向)
内向 (內向)
向上 
向下 
向来 (向來)
向前 
向右 
向日葵 
向往 (嚮往)
走向 
转向 (轉向)
面向 (面嚮)
风向 (風向)

Appears In:

向 also appears in:
响晌饷垧餉
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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