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JLPT N3 SL3 6 strokes Frequency: #182

Meanings

Yonder, Facing, Beyond, Confront, Defy, Tend Toward, Approach

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿡?口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 vertical bottom-to-top
3 hook top-left-to-bottom-right
4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
コウ kou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
むこ muko
むか muka
γ‚€ mu

Words Using This Kanji

401 words total
Other (20 words)
εŽšγΏζ–Ήε‘ あ぀みほうこう

perpendicular direction

相向ち あいむかう

to be opposite

倧葆向け γŸγ„γ—γ‚…γ†γ‚€γ‘

down-market

袳を向ける あしをむける

to head towards

ζ–Ήε‘γƒœγ‚Ώγƒ³ γ»γ†γ“γ†γƒœγ‚Ώγƒ³

directional button (on a controller)

偏向報道 へんこうほうどう

biased coverage

陰にγͺγ‚Šζ—₯向にγͺγ‚Š かげにγͺγ‚Šγ²γͺたにγͺγ‚Š

openly and secretly

ζœ‰ε‘ ゆうこう

directed

傾向文学 γ‘γ„γ“γ†γΆγ‚“γŒγ

ideological literature (esp. left-wing)

向軸 γ“γ†γ˜γ

adaxial

向岸桁 γ“γ†γŒγ‚“γ‚Šγ‚…γ†

current flowing from the open sea towards land

θ‡ͺεŠ›ε›žε‘ γ˜γ‚Šγγˆγ“γ†

attempting to reach enlightenment only through merit one has accumulated by oneself

衰向 そうこう

strike

逆向き γŽγ‚ƒγγ‚€γ

opposite direction

仰向き γ‚γŠγ‚€γ

facing upward

ζ—₯向に氷 ひγͺγŸγ«γ“γŠγ‚Š

something disappearing bit by bit

あらぬ方向 あらぬほうこう

wrong direction

γŠε‘γ‹γ„ γŠγ‚€γ‹γ„

house across the street

逆向性ε₯忘 γŽγ‚ƒγ£γ“γ†γ›γ„γ‘γ‚“γΌγ†

retrograde amnesia

前向性ε₯忘 γœγ‚“γ“γ†γ›γ„γ‘γ‚“γΌγ†

anterograde amnesia