曏
xiàng HSK2

toward

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Variant of 向.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyangXn̥aŋʔ a short time
syangHn̥aŋ-s a short time
xjangXn̥aŋʔ (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-)a short time
xjangHn̥aŋʔ-s (W dialect: *n̥- > MC x-)a short time

說文解字

《說文》：“曏，不久前。从日，鄉聲。”

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)