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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)
ζŒ―γ‚Šε‘γγ–γΎ γ΅γ‚Šγ‚€γγ–γΎ

the moment one turns around

向鑔 γ“γ†γŒγ‚“

meeting face-to-face

向学 γ“γ†γŒγ

desire for learning

ε˜ε‘ γŸγ‚“γ“γ†

simplex

ζ™‚θ¨ˆζ–Ήε‘ とけいほうこう

clockwise direction

ζˆδΊΊε‘γ‘ γ›γ„γ˜γ‚“γ‚€γ‘

adult (film, etc.)

方向幕 ほうこうまく

destination sign (e.g. on a train)

ζ—₯ε‘ζ°΄ζœ¨ γƒ’γƒ₯γ‚¦γ‚¬γƒŸγ‚Ίγ‚­

buttercup witch hazel (Corylopsis pauciflora)

向点 こうてん

apex

ε‘γƒΆδΈ˜ιŠεœ’γƒ’γƒŽγƒ¬γƒΌγƒ«η·š γ‚€γ“γ†γŒγŠγ‹γ‚†γ†γˆγ‚“γƒ’γƒŽγƒ¬γƒΌγƒ«γ›γ‚“

Mukōgaokayūen Monorail Line

δΈŠγ‚’ε‘γ„γ¦ζ­©γ“γ† γ†γˆγ‚’γ‚€γ„γ¦γ‚γ‚‹γ“γ†

Sukiyaki (1961 song by Kyu Sakamoto)

直向き γ²γŸγ‚€γ

earnest

向きにγͺγ‚‹ ムキにγͺγ‚‹

to become serious

コンシγƒ₯γƒΌγƒžε‘γ‘θ£½ε“ コンシγƒ₯γƒΌγƒžγ‚€γ‘γ›γ„γ²γ‚“

consumer products

γ‚ͺγƒ–γ‚Έγ‚§γ‚―γƒˆζŒ‡ε‘ γ‚ͺγƒ–γ‚Έγ‚§γ‚―γƒˆγ—γ“γ†

object-oriented

γ‚ͺγƒ–γ‚Έγ‚§γ‚―γƒˆζŒ‡ε‘θ¨€θͺž γ‚ͺγƒ–γ‚Έγ‚§γ‚―γƒˆγ—γ“γ†γ’γ‚“γ”

object-oriented language

一向 いっこう

completely

ι™°ζ—₯向 かげひγͺた

double-faced

ε₯₯向き γŠγγ‚€γ

inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.)

ζ¨ͺ向き γ‚ˆγ“γ‚€γ

turning sideways