• 146th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 139 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiàng (Xiang4)surname Xiang
2. xiàng (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.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

向上 
向前 
方向 
走向 
风向 (風向)

Uncommon

一向 
偏向 
倾向 (傾向)
内向 (內向)
动向 (動向)
去向 
取向 
向下 
向来 (向來)
向右 
向左 
向后 (向後)
向日葵 
向阳 (向陽)
向往 (嚮往)
外向 
定向 
导向 (導向)
志向 
意向 
指向 
方向盘 (方向盤)
晕头转向 (暈頭轉向)
转向 (轉向)
逆向 
通向 
双向 (雙向)
面向 (面嚮)

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  • 48th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.29% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. hòu (Hou4)surname Hou
2. hòu (hou4)empress • queen
3. hòu (hou4)back • behind • rear • afterwards • after • later

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for hòu (hou4)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

之后 (之後)
今后 (今後)
以后 (以後)
后来 (後來)
后悔 (後悔)
后面 (後面)
最后 (最後)
然后 (然後)

Uncommon

事后 (事後)
先后 (先後)
前后 (前後)
午后 (午後)
天后 
幕后 (幕後)
往后 (往後)
后世 (後世)
后人 (後人)
后代 (後代)
后台 (後台)
后天 (後天)
后宫 (後宮)
后年 (後年)
后期 (後期)
后果 (後果)
后续 (後續)
后者 (後者)
后卫 (後衛)
后退 (後退)
后遗症 (後遺症)
后边 (後邊)
后门 (後門)
日后 (日後)
此后 (此後)
死而后已 (死而後已)
皇后 
稍后 (稍後)
背后 (背後)
落后 (落後)
观后感 (觀後感)
身后 (身後)
过后 (過後)
酒后 (酒後)
随后 (隨後)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: 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.