向
direction, towards
向 is composed of the variant of 宀 (house) and 口 (mouth). 宀 is the picture of a house, while 口 is the picture of a mouth, so 向 depicts a mouth speaking inside a house, means sound or echo, but such meaning has been replaced by 響. House is a confined space, and the direction of the voice is clear when speaking indoors.
Vocabulary of 向
- 向前 (forward)
- 向來 (always)
- 傾向 (tendency)
Classification
Related Characters:
3口
mouth5司
manage5史
history5右right5可approve5㕣pond5句
sentence5古old5台platform5召summon6合
close6吏
government official6吉lucky6向direction6同same6吒bellow6名name6各every6吁sigh6吃eat7告tell7吻lip7君monarch7吹
blow7吠bark7吵quarrel7含hold in the mouth7吟groan7否not7呂
vertebrae7吾I8周
thorough8和
peace8呵scold8咋
shout8咼lopsided8呬gasp8呢whisper9咸all9咬bite9咧grin9品
article9咩bleating of sheep10哺feed10哥elder brother10哲wisdom10哭cry10員member10哨sentry10哽
choking11唱sing11啇essence11啞dumb11唬scare11啜sip11唸read aloud11噤
silent11執grasp12啼cry12啻only12善good12喙protruding mouth of animal12喋
chatter12喢drink12單single12喘gasp12喊shout12喚
call13嗣
inherit13喿chirping of birds13嗅smell13嗌
throat13命order13嗔angry13嗇stingy14嘗
taste14嘔vomit14嘆sigh15噴spray15噁nausea15噓exhale16噪noise17嚐
taste17嚇frighten18嚮guide21囂clamor