嚮

See also: 向

嚮	U+56AE, 嚮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56AE

← 嚭
[U+56AD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嚯 →
[U+56AF]

Translingual

Han character

嚮 (radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女中竹月口 (VLHBR), four-corner 2722₇, composition ⿱鄉向)

References

KangXi: page 213, character 38

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4565

Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 17

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 698, character 8

Unihan data for U+56AE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (鄉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
曏	qʰjaŋʔ, qʰjaŋs, qʰaŋʔ, qʰaŋs
鄉	*qʰaŋ
薌	*qʰaŋ
膷	*qʰaŋ
響	*qʰaŋʔ
饗	*qʰaŋʔ
蠁	qʰaŋʔ, qʰaŋs
嚮	qʰaŋʔ, qʰaŋs
卿	*kʰraŋ

Etymology 1

trad.		嚮
simp.		向^*

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàng (xiang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng³
  - Yale: heung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng³
  - IPA ^(key): /hœ̽ːŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: /hɨɐŋ^H/▼

Rime
Character	嚮
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/xiaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàng

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰaŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嚮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiàng
Middle Chinese	‹ xjang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋ-s/
English	to face, approach
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚮
Reading #	2/2
No.	13606
Phonetic component	鄉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	向
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋs/
Notes	鄉轉註分化字

Definitions

嚮

Compounds

嚮導／向导 (xiàngdǎo)
嚮導犬／向导犬
嚮往／向往 (xiàngwǎng)

嚮慕／向慕 (xiàngmù)
嚮明／向明
嚮晦／向晦

女生外嚮／女生外向
心嚮往之／心向往之

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng²
  - Yale: héung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng²
  - IPA ^(key): /hœ̽ːŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /hɨɐŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	嚮
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許兩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨɐŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɐŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/xiaŋ^X/
Wang Li	/xĭaŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯aŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎng

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嚮
Reading #	1/2
No.	13602
Phonetic component	鄉
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	響
Old Chinese	/*qʰaŋʔ/

Definitions

嚮

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Japanese

Kanji

嚮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

guide, lead
favor, prefer

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
Kun: むかう (mukau, 嚮かう)^{←むかふ (mukafu, historical)}; さきに (sakini)

Korean

Hanja

嚮 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嚮 (hướng, hưởng)

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