HanziCraft - Information on 向,前

向
前

向

Previous (战)Next (头)

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向 is the 146th most frequent character.
向 has 2 dictionary entries.
向 appears as a character in 70 words.
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:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

倾向 (傾向)

内向 (內向)

向来 (向來)

向往 (嚮往)

转向 (轉向)

面向 (面嚮)

风向 (風向)

Appears In:

向 also appears in:

响晌饷垧餉

前

Previous (本)Next (开)

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前 is the 93rd most frequent character.
前 has 1 dictionary entry.
前 appears as a character in 137 words.
前 appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :

前 => 䒑, 刖

Radical :

前 => 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 月 (moon), 刂 (knife)

Graphical :

前 => 丷, 一, 冂, 二, 亅, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

qian2 - front/forward/ahead/ago/before/first/former/formerly/future/BC (e.g. 前293年)

Pronunciation Clues:

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

前来 (前來)

前后 (前後)

前辈 (前輩)

前进 (前進)

从前 (從前)

当前 (當前)

Appears In:

前 also appears in:

箭剪煎翦湔鬋

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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.