嚮 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. むかう
2. 以前。さき、さきに

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

guide, direct, incline to, favor

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• コウ
• キョウ

Kun (native)

• さきに
• むか(う)

Other languages

• 拼音xiang4
• 한글hyang
• Hán-ViệtHưởng

infoBasics

Strokes

19 strokes

Radical

口(くち)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+56AE

grid_viewComponents

• 冂どうがまえ
• 口くち
• 幺よう
• ⻏おおざと
• 艮ねづくり

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱鄉向

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 嚮導きょうどう先に立って案内すること。また、そのような人。guidance, leading (the way), taking point, conducting

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(1 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 響One part differs
• 蠁One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-13-6

Four Corner

2722.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3d15.4

Nelson

1013