"向" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. yonder Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-向-ja-character-kz9bMjZe Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 35 35 31
  2. facing Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-向-ja-character-sxnGF3Sw Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 35 35 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 向後 (kyōgo) (ruby: (きょう), ()), 向後 (kyōkō) (ruby: (きょう), (こう)), 向日 (kyōjitsu) (ruby: (きょう), (じつ), (きょう), (じつ)) (alt: 嚮日), 向日葵 (kyōjikki) (ruby: (きょう), (じっ), ()), 向者 (kyōsha) (ruby: (きょう), (しゃ), (きょう), (しゃ)) (alt: 嚮者), 向前 (kyōzen) (ruby: (きょう), (ぜん), (きょう), (ぜん)) (alt: 嚮前), 向明 (kyōmei) (ruby: (きょう), (めい), (きょう), (めい)) (alt: 嚮明), 向来 (kyōrai) (ruby: (きょう), (らい), (きょう), (らい)) (alt: 嚮来), 向学 (kōgaku) (ruby: (こう), (がく)), 向寒 (kōkan) (ruby: (こう), (かん)), 向後 (kōgo) (ruby: (こう), ()), 向日 (kōjitsu) (ruby: (こう), (じつ), (こう), (じつ)) (alt: 嚮日), 向日葵 (kōjikki) (ruby: (こう), (じっ), ()), 向暑 (kōsho) (ruby: (こう), (しょ)), 向上 (kōjō) (ruby: (こう), (じょう)), 向性 (kōsei) (ruby: (こう), (せい)), 向背 (kōhai) (ruby: (こう), (はい), (こう), (はい)) (alt: 嚮背), 向拝 (gohai) (ruby: (), (はい)), 向日葵 (himawari) (ruby: 向日葵(ひまわり)), 向三軒両隣 (mukōsangen ryōdonari) (ruby: (むこう), (さん), (げん), (りょう), (どなり)), 意向 (ikō) (ruby: (), (こう), (), (こう)) (alt: 意嚮), 一向 (ikkō) (ruby: (いっ), (こう)), 回向, 廻向 (ekō), 外向 (gaikō) (ruby: (がい), (こう)), 葵向 (kikō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 傾向 (keikō) (ruby: (けい), (こう)), 下向 (gekō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 参向 (sankō) (ruby: (さん), (こう)), 志向 (shikō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 指向 (shikō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 趣向 (shukō) (ruby: (しゅ), (こう)), 出向 (shukkō) (ruby: (しゅっ), (こう)), 趨向 (sūkō) (ruby: (すう), (こう)), 性向 (seikō) (ruby: (せい), (こう)), 対向 (taikō) (ruby: (たい), (こう)), 手向 (tamuke) (ruby: (), (むけ)), 転向 (tenkō) (ruby: (てん), (こう)), 動向 (dōkō) (ruby: (どう), (こう)), 内向 (naikō) (ruby: (ない), (こう)), 発向 (hakkō) (ruby: (はっ), (こう)), 日向 (hinata) (ruby: 日向(ひなた)), 風向 (fūkō) (ruby: (ふう), (こう)), 偏向 (henkō) (ruby: (へん), (こう)), 方向 (hōkō) (ruby: (ほう), (こう)), 真っ向 (makkō) (ruby: (), (こう)), 影向 (yōgō) (ruby: (よう), (ごう))

Proper name

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (むかい)), Mukai [romanization], mukafi [romanization], むかひ [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|むかい|hhira=むかひ}} 向(むかい) • (Mukai) ^(←むかひ (mukafi)?)
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-向-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Grade 3 kanji, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 35 35 31 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 35 60 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 31 62 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 32 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 11 34 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 32 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 6 32 62

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kyōgo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向後"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kyōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向後"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じっ"
        ],
        [
          "葵",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日葵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "嚮者",
      "roman": "kyōsha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "しゃ"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "しゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "嚮前",
      "roman": "kyōzen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "嚮明",
      "roman": "kyōmei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "明",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "明",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向明"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "嚮来",
      "roman": "kyōrai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "来",
          "らい"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "来",
          "らい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōgaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "学",
          "がく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向学"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "寒",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向寒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōgo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向後"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "嚮日",
      "roman": "kōjitsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōjikki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じっ"
        ],
        [
          "葵",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日葵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōsho",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "暑",
          "しょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向暑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōjō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "じょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向上"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向性"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "嚮背",
      "roman": "kōhai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "背",
          "はい"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "背",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向背"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gohai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "ご"
        ],
        [
          "拝",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向拝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "himawari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向日葵",
          "ひまわり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日葵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mukōsangen ryōdonari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "むこう"
        ],
        [
          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "軒",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "両",
          "りょう"
        ],
        [
          "隣",
          "どなり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向三軒両隣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "意嚮",
      "roman": "ikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "意",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "意",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "意向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ikkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一",
          "いっ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "回向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ekō",
      "word": "廻向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gaikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "外",
          "がい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "外向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "葵",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "葵向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "keikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "傾",
          "けい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "傾向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gekō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "げ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sankō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "参",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "参向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "志",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "志向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shukō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "趣",
          "しゅ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "趣向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shukkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "出",
          "しゅっ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "出向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sūkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "趨",
          "すう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "趨向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "seikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "性向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "taikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "対",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "対向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tamuke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "むけ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tenkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "転",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "転向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "動向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "naikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "内",
          "ない"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "内向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hakkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "発",
          "はっ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "発向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hinata",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日向",
          "ひなた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fūkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "風",
          "ふう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "風向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "henkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "偏",
          "へん"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "偏向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "方",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "方向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "makkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "真",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "真っ向"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yōgō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "影",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "影向"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
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        {
          "_dis": "35 35 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Grade 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yonder"
      ],
      "id": "en-向-ja-character-kz9bMjZe",
      "links": [
        [
          "yonder",
          "yonder"
        ]
      ],
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        "grade-3-kanji",
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "35 35 31",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "facing"
      ],
      "id": "en-向-ja-character-sxnGF3Sw",
      "links": [
        [
          "facing",
          "facing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "向"
}

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    {
      "form": "向",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "むかい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mukai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukafi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかひ",
      "roman": "mukafi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "むかい",
        "hhira": "むかひ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese surnames",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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          "_dis": "5 35 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 31 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "6 32 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 34 55",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "6 32 62",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
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      "id": "en-向-ja-name-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "向"
}
{
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    "Grade 3 kanji",
    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading こう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical goon reading かう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading きやう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kun reading む-かひ",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kun reading む-かふ",
    "Japanese kanji with historical nanori reading しやう",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading きょう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading さき-に",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-かい",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-かう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-き",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-く",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-ける",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-こう",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading しょう",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading ひさ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むか",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むかう",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むき",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むけ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むこう",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 向",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "kyōgo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向後"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kyōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向後"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮日",
      "roman": "kyōjitsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kyōjikki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じっ"
        ],
        [
          "葵",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日葵"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮者",
      "roman": "kyōsha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "しゃ"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "しゃ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向者"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮前",
      "roman": "kyōzen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮明",
      "roman": "kyōmei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "明",
          "めい"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "明",
          "めい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向明"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮来",
      "roman": "kyōrai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "来",
          "らい"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "来",
          "らい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōgaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "学",
          "がく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向学"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōkan",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "寒",
          "かん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向寒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōgo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "後",
          "ご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向後"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮日",
      "roman": "kōjitsu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じつ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōjikki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "日",
          "じっ"
        ],
        [
          "葵",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日葵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōsho",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "暑",
          "しょ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向暑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōjō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "じょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向性"
    },
    {
      "alt": "嚮背",
      "roman": "kōhai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "背",
          "はい"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "背",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向背"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gohai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "ご"
        ],
        [
          "拝",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向拝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "himawari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向日葵",
          "ひまわり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向日葵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mukōsangen ryōdonari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "むこう"
        ],
        [
          "三",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "軒",
          "げん"
        ],
        [
          "両",
          "りょう"
        ],
        [
          "隣",
          "どなり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "向三軒両隣"
    },
    {
      "alt": "意嚮",
      "roman": "ikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "意",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "意",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "嚮",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "意向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "一",
          "いっ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "一向"
    },
    {
      "word": "回向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ekō",
      "word": "廻向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gaikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "外",
          "がい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "外向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "葵",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "葵向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "keikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "傾",
          "けい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "傾向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gekō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下",
          "げ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sankō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "参",
          "さん"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "参向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "志",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "志向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "指",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "指向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shukō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "趣",
          "しゅ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "趣向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shukkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "出",
          "しゅっ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "出向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sūkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "趨",
          "すう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "趨向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "seikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "性向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "対",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "対向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tamuke",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "むけ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tenkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "転",
          "てん"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "転向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "動",
          "どう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "動向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "naikō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "内",
          "ない"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "内向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hakkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "発",
          "はっ"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "発向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hinata",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "日向",
          "ひなた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "日向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fūkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "風",
          "ふう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "風向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "henkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "偏",
          "へん"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "偏向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hōkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "方",
          "ほう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "方向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "makkō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "真",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "こう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "真っ向"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yōgō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "影",
          "よう"
        ],
        [
          "向",
          "ごう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "影向"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "yonder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yonder",
          "yonder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "grade-3-kanji",
        "kanji"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "facing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "facing",
          "facing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "grade-3-kanji",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "向"
}

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    "Japanese Han characters",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese kanji with goon reading こう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical goon reading かう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kan'on reading きやう",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kun reading む-かひ",
    "Japanese kanji with historical kun reading む-かふ",
    "Japanese kanji with historical nanori reading しやう",
    "Japanese kanji with kan'on reading きょう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading さき-に",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-かい",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-かう",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-き",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-く",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-ける",
    "Japanese kanji with kun reading む-こう",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading しょう",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading ひさ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むか",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むかう",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むき",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むけ",
    "Japanese kanji with nanori reading むこう",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese proper nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 向",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "向",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "向",
          "むかい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mukai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mukafi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "むかひ",
      "roman": "mukafi",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "むかひ"
      },
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese surnames",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "向"
}
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "向",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
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