こお
コウ, む.く, む.い, -む.き, む.ける, -む.け, む.かう, む.かい, む.こう, む.こう-, むこ, むか.い, た, な, むか, むかい, むこう
yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

This kanji has 6 strokes: including a single stroke in the "rod no SJIS glyph" radical (ぼう) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (57) :


  1. むく
    to face

  2. むき
    direction, situation, exposure, aspect, suitability

  3. むかう
    (io) to face, to go towards
  4. こう
    むこう
    beyond, over there, opposite direction, the other party
  5. ける
    むける
    to turn towards, to point
  6. かう
    むかう
    to face, to go towards
  7. かい
    むかい
    (a-no) facing, opposite, across the street, other side
  8. かいに
    のむかいに
    opposite of, across from

  9. ひたすら
    earnestly

  10. したむき
    downward look, business decline

  11. ふむき
    (an) unfit, unsuitable, unmarketable

  12. なつむき
    for summer

  13. ないこう
    introvert

  14. しゅっこう
    (vs) being transferred, proceeding, leaving for

  15. おもてむき
    outward appearance, ostensible, public, official

  16. ひがしむき
    facing east

  17. おくむき
    inner part of the house
  18. ける
    しむける
    to induce, to tempt, to treat, to act toward, to handle (men), to send, to forward to

  19. あおむけ
    face up

  20. むきあう
    to be opposite, to face each other

  21. むかいあう
    (io) to be opposite, to face each other
  22. かいわせる
    むかいあわせる
    to face, to confront, to be opposite to

  23. ぞくむき
    popular (literature)

  24. うつむく
    to look downward, to stoop
  25. ける
    うつむける
    to turn upside down, to turn (face) downward
  26. こう
    むこうがわ
    other side, opposite side, other party

  27. けいこう
    tendency, trend, inclination

  28. まえむき
    facing forward, positively

  29. つとめむき
    one's business, one's duties

  30. むけなおす
    (vt) to change direction

  31. まむかい
    (io) face to face, straight ahead, just in front of

  32. まっこう
    brow, front, helmet front

  33. こうじょう
    (vs) elevation, rise, improvement, advancement, progress

  34. じょうこう
    upturn

  35. うえむく
    to look upward, to turn upward, to rise

  36. うわむき
    upturn, upward tendency, looking upward

  37. ふゆむき
    (a-no) for winter use

  38. がいこう
    extroversion

  39. こうご
    hereafter

  40. うしろむき
    back facing, turning one's back to

  41. ふりむく
    to turn one's face, to turn around

  42. たいこう
    (vs) counter-, corresponding, face, opposite

  43. ほうこう
    direction, course, way

  44. ひなた
    sunny place, in the sun

  45. よこむく
    to turn sideways

  46. むかいなみ
    head sea
  47. かい
    むかいなみ
    head sea
  48. こう
    むこうきず
    frontal wound
  49. かう
    たちむかう
    to fight against, to oppose, to face

  50. こうべい
    pro-American
  51. 西
    にしむき
    facing west

  52. みむく
    to look around, to look towards (us)
  53. こう
    むこうみず
    recklessness

  54. しゅこう
    plan, idea

  55. てんこう
    (vs) conversion, shift, about-face, switch

  56. ふうこう
    wind direction
  57. かう
    はむかう
    to strike back at, to bite back, to turn on, to rise against, to oppose, to defy
Kanji Character : 向
Kuten Encoding : 2494
SJIS Encoding : 387e
Unicode Encoding : 5411
Old Nelson Index : 101
Radical Number : 2
Classical Radical Number : 30
Frequency Ranking : 190
Gakken Index : 217
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 3052
Heisig Index : 183
Henshall Index : 278
New Nelson Index : 712
O'Neil Index : 312
Stroke Count : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3d3.10
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : d
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 10
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 199
SKIP Code : 3-3-3
De Roo Code : 849
Four Corner Code : 2722.0
Korean reading : sang
Pinyin reading : xiang4
Morohashi Index String : 3301
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 2.0843
Morohashi Index Number : 3301
Morohashi Page : 843
Morohashi Volume : 2
Dictionary Codes
  1. R849
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