Chinese Character 向 Meanings and components.

Form

向

Meaning

向 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xiang.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 向 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'dot' radical in … (丶) , and archaic variant of … (冋)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with HBR

How to write 向

To write向xiang4surname Xiang you should write a combination of 丶zhu3'dot' radical … , 冋jiong1archaic variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

丶 + 冋 = 向

向 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 向 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 向, looks as follow:

向
Pinyin:xiang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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