Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
182 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 向上 【コウジョウ】 elevation, rise, improvement, advancement, progress
  • 向後 【コウゴ】 hereafter
  • 趣向 【シュコウ】 plan, idea, design, plot, taste, liking, preference
  • 性向 【セイコウ】 inclination, tendency, nature, character

Kun reading compounds

  • 向く 【むく】 to turn toward, to look (up, down, etc.), to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.), to look out on, to front (on), to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.), to be suited to, to be fit for, to go towards, to turn to (of one's interests, feelings, etc.), to be inclined (to do)
  • 向いている 【むいている】 to be cut out for (e.g. a job), to be suited (to)
  • 向ける 【むける】 to turn (towards), to face, to point, to aim, to direct to, to head to, to go towards, to allot, to allocate, to send, to dispatch (e.g. a person), to aim for, to pursue
  • 向かう 【むかう】 to face, to go towards, to head towards
  • 向かうところ敵無し 【むかうところてきなし】 unbeatable, invincible, irresistible
  • 向い 【むかい】 facing, opposite, across the street, other side
  • 向かい合う 【むかいあう】 to be opposite, to face each other
  • 向こう 【むこう】 opposite side, other side, opposite direction, over there, that way, far away, beyond, the other party, the other person, future (starting now)
  • 向こう側 【むこうがわ】 other side, opposite side, other party
  • 向こう 【むこう】 opposite side, other side, opposite direction, over there, that way, far away, beyond, the other party, the other person, future (starting now)
  • 向こう側 【むこうがわ】 other side, opposite side, other party
  • 向い 【むかい】 facing, opposite, across the street, other side
  • 向かい合う 【むかいあう】 to be opposite, to face each other

Readings

Japanese names:
こお、 た、 な、 むか、 むかい、 むこう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang4
Korean:
hyang, sang

Spanish

  • mirar hacia
  • volverse
  • hacer frente
  • oponerse

Portuguese

  • Aquele lá
  • em frente
  • além de
  • confronta
  • desafia
  • tende para
  • aproximação

French

  • se diriger vers
  • direction
  • en face
  • de l'autre côté
  • éloigné
  • confronter
  • défier
  • approcher
  • avoir tendance
213 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
294 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
278 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
217 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
101 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
215 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
402 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
312 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
199 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
557 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3790 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2627 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
186 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3301 Morohashi
3052 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
712 New Nelson (John Haig)
183 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
195 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
192 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
266 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
849 2001 Kanji
3d3.10 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
2722.0 Four corner code
1-24-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5411 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
Variants:
window, pane
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1186 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 窓外 【ソウガイ】 outside a window
  • 窓間壁 【ソウカンヘキ】 pier
  • 同窓 【ドウソウ】 being a graduate of the same school, person who went to the same school, fellow alumnus
  • 車窓 【シャソウ】 train window, car window

Kun reading compounds

  • 窓 【まど】 window
  • 窓口 【まどぐち】 counter, window, teller window, ticket window, contact person, point of contact
  • 引違い窓 【ひきちがいまど】 double sliding window
  • 鎧窓 【よろいまど】 louvered window
  • 回転窓 【かいてんまど】 pivoted window

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuang1
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • ventana
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • janela
  • vidraça

French

  • fenêtre
  • vitre
931 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
919 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
917 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3326 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1029 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
786 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
698 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
711 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2859 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1328 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25494 Morohashi
2294 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4201 New Nelson (John Haig)
749 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
811 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
926 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
758 2001 Kanji
3m8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-5-6 SKIP code
3033.3 Four corner code
1-33-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a93 Unicode hex code