向
xiàng HSK2

toward

向 xiàng frequency
variant 嚮
toward preposition
to; towards; used to indicate the direction or recipient of an action

有时你必须向内看。

yǒu​shí nǐ bì​xū xiàng nèi kàn.

Sometimes you have to look inward.

to face verb
to face or turn towards a specific direction
to side with verb
to side with; to be partial to; to favor one side over another
always adverb
(bound form) all along; always; consistently in the past
to approach
(literary) to approach; to be near to a certain time
Xiang
the surname Xiang
oriented
(suffix) suitable for; oriented towards
向 xiàng
variants 嚮,曏
direction noun
(bound form) direction; orientation; bearing
formerly
(literary) formerly; previously; in the past
向 xiàng
aspiration nounverb
(bound form) aspiration; ambition; goal
north-facing window
(archaic) a window facing north
Xiang state
(archaic) Xiang, a small vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty located in present-day Shandong Province
向 嚮 xiàng
to guide
(literary) To lead the way or provide direction.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
146th most common 1431.4 per million
Movie subtitles
305th most common 525.1 per million appears in 89% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
513.3 per million appears in 81% of films
Written text
857.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
曏嚮
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5411

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)