向 Kanji for facing

N3–N2Grade 36 strokes

facing, yonder, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Kun: む.く、む.い、-む.き、む.ける、-む.け、む.かう、む.かい、む.こう、む.こう-、むこ、むか.い
On: コウ

向 is the Japanese kanji for facing, yonder, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach. It is written with 6 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is む.く、む.い、-む.き and its on reading is コウ.

Stroke order

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Words with 向

向むかうto face
向むくto turn toward, to look (up, down, etc.)
向むきdirection, orientation, aspect
方ほう向こうdirection, orientation, bearing
意い向こうintention, inclination, mind
傾けい向こうtendency, trend, inclination

Practice 向 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.