向 · xiàng
toward, direction, trend
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
toward, direction, trend
- Mandarin
- xiàng
- Cantonese
- hoeng3
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 向 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
コウ キョウ ショウ むく むける むかう むこう さきにKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 향
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5411
- Radical
- 口 · 30
- Strokes
- 6 · Unihan
- Residual
- 3
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
6 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 向
Character connections
History & distinctions
Related forms
嚮 · 曏
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- syangH · 式亮 反切 · #2895
- Middle Chinese
- xjangH · 許亮 反切 · #2898
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 15526 · syangH = 宕開三去陽書 · xjangH = 宕開三去陽曉
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- xiàng
- kCantonese
- hoeng3
- kDefinition
- toward, direction, trend
- kTotalStrokes
- 6
- kRSUnicode
- 30.3
- kTraditionalVariant
- U+5411 U+56AE U+66CF
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+5411
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:480
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- xiàng 10579.080
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- xiàng 1260.030
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- xiàng 401.170,401.180
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- xiàng(2542)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- xiàng粵hoeng3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 式亮 許亮
- Kangxi positions
- 0176.040
- Guangyun positions
- 425.05 425.28
- GSR references
- 0715a
- Cangjie
- HBR
- Four-corner
- 2722.0