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向

Phonosemantic compound. 鄉 represents the sound and 向 represents the meaning.

Components

鄉
鄉 Sound component
向
向 SoundMeaning component

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjangHqʰaŋ-s to face, approach

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart