向

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 6
Traditional Form: 曏
Variants: 嚮

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiàng
Cantonese: hoeng3
JapaneseKun: MUKU MUKAU SAKINI
JapaneseOn: KOU KYOU SHOU
Korean: HYANG SANG
Vietnamese: hướng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: toward, direction, trend

CE-Dict: towards/to face/to turn towards/direction/to support/to side with/shortly before/formerly/always/all along

Soothill: Towards, to go towards, facing, heretofore.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to guide; to direct; to lead
2.to lean toward; to be inclined toward

1.the direction
2.to face; to turn towards
3.all along; hitherto

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: always; at; be partial to; direction; face; out; to; toward
【醫】 ad-; ak-; ob-

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: direction; favor

湘雅醫學專業詞典: -petal;adv.;adversum

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《宀部》向北出牖也。从宀从口。《詩》曰：“塞向墐戶。”

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】向
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤許亮切，音蠁。【說文】北出牖也。从宀从口。【註】牖所以通人气，故从口。【玉篇】窻也。【詩·豳風】塞向墐戸。【傳】北出牖也。【疏】士虞禮註云：嚮、牖一名也。北爲寒之備，不塞南窻，故云北出牖也。【廣韻】嚮與向通用。【集韻】亦作𤖽。【正韻】亦作鄕。【禮·明堂位】刮楹達鄕。◎按明堂位註，鄕謂夾戸窻也。每室八窻，爲四達，則凡牖皆名鄕，不獨北出牖矣。　又【廣韻】對也。【戰國策】西向事秦。【莊子·秋水篇】望洋向若而嘆。　又或作嚮。【易·說卦】嚮明而治。　亦作鄕。【禮·明堂位】南鄕而立。　又【集韻】趣也。　又【韻會】救也。　又昔也。【莊子·寓言篇】若向也俯，而今也仰。　亦通作鄕。【論語】鄕也，吾見於夫子而問知。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤式亮切，音餉。【廣韻】姓也。【左傳·成五年】諸侯謀復會宋公，使向爲人辭以子靈之難。【釋文】向，舒亮反。　又【玉篇】地名。【詩·小雅】皇父孔聖，作都于向。【註】向在東都畿內，今孟州河陽縣。【左傳·隱十一年】王與鄭人向。【註】軹縣西有地，名向上。【襄十一年】諸侯會于北林師于向。【註】在𩒛川長社縣東北。【後漢·郡國志】𩒛川郡有向鄕。　又【集韻】國名。【春秋·隱二年】莒人入向。【註】向，小國也，譙國龍亢縣東南有向城。【史記·褚少孫補三皇紀】怡向申莒，皆姜姓之後，漢爲縣。【前漢·地理志】沛郡向縣。【註】向，故國，姜姓，炎帝後。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤許兩切，音嚮。【集韻】人字。【左傳·襄十一年】晉侯使叔肸告于諸侯。【註】叔肸，叔向也。【釋文】向，許文反。【前漢·𠛬法志】作叔嚮，顏師古：音許兩反。　又【正韻】古文嚮字。註詳十六畫。
考證：〔【左傳·襄十一年】晉侯使叔肹告于諸侯。【註】叔肹，叔向也。〕　謹照原文兩肹字𠀤改肸。

Buddhism words and phrases to tend toward, proceed toward

Japanese Places Mukai (loc)

CF-Dict: direction/orientation/donner sur/tourner vers/être pour/à/vers