Chinese

方向

fāngxiàng
direction; orientation
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese方 “side; aspect; party”
  • characterChinese向 “to face”
    • simplified fromChinese曏 “in the near past; in the past; formerly”
      • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
      • soundChinese鄉 “township”
        • ideaChinese𠨍 “order, regulation”
        • ideaChinese皀 “Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)”
    • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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