# 嚮

| 嚮 | U+56AE, &#22190; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56AE |
| ← 嚭 [U+56AD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嚯 → [U+56AF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嚮 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女中竹月口 (VLHBR), four-corner 2722$_7$, composition ⿱鄉向 or ⿱鄕向)

#### Derived characters

* 𥀾

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 213, character 38
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4565
* Dae Jaweon: page 436, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 698, character 8
* Unihan data for U+56AE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 曏 | *qʰjaŋʔ, *qʰjaŋs, *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 鄉 | *qʰaŋ |
| 薌 | *qʰaŋ |
| 膷 | *qʰaŋ |
| 響 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 饗 | *qʰaŋʔ |
| 蠁 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 嚮 | *qʰaŋʔ, *qʰaŋs |
| 卿 | *kʰraŋ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiàng (xiang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoeng$^3$
*** Yale: heung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœːŋ³³/
* Middle Chinese: xjangH
Rime :
| Character | 嚮 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許亮切 |
| Baxter | xjangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiaŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭaŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯aŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoeng$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰaŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嚮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjang$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋ-s/ |
| English | to face, approach |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嚮 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13606 |
| Phonetic component | 鄉 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 向 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋs/ |
| Notes | 鄉轉註分化字 |

#### Definitions

嚮
* to turn toward; to approach
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Gù xuézhě yǐ shèngwáng wèi shī, àn yǐ shèngwáng zhī zhì wèi fǎ, fǎ qí fǎ yǐ qiú qí tǒnglèi, yǐ wù xiàng xiào qí rén. Xiàng shì ér wù, shì yě; lèi shì ér jǐ, jūnzǐ yě; zhī zhī, shèngrén yě. [Pinyin]
    Therefore, a person who studies takes the sage kings to be his teachers, relies on the sage kings' institutions to make laws, carries out his laws by seeking out their precepts, and endeavors to imitate and conform to their conduct as people. The shì is the one who turns towards them and endeavors to be like them; the jūnzǐ is the one who is akin to them and approximates them; and the sage is he who understands them.
* toward; facing; against
* direction, side, face
* to look out on
* in the past; previously
    From: Han shi waizhuan, 1nd century BCE
    Xiàng zǐ zhī yán mù rú qīngfēng, bù bèi wǒ yǔ, héchàng wǒ xīn. [Pinyin]
    Previously, your words were harmonious like the clear wind. You did not go against what I had said, and you soothed my heart.

##### Compounds

* 不可嚮邇／不可向迩
* 企嚮／企向
* 信嚮／信向
* 傾嚮／倾向
* 內嚮／内向
* 前嚮／前向
* 北嚮／北向
* 北嚮戶／北向户
* 嘉嚮／嘉向
* 嚮令／向令
* 嚮仰／向仰
* 嚮使／向使 (xiàngshǐ)
* 嚮來／向来
* 嚮化／向化
* 嚮嘴／向嘴
* 嚮國／向国
* 嚮壁虛造／向壁虚造 (xiàngbìxūzào)
* 嚮壯／向壮
* 嚮學／向学
* 嚮導／向导 (xiàngdǎo)
* 嚮導犬／向导犬
* 嚮導處／向导处
* 嚮往／向往 (xiàngwǎng)
* 嚮意／向意
* 嚮慕／向慕 (xiàngmù)
* 嚮應／向应
* 嚮房／向房
* 嚮搨／向拓
* 嚮方／向方
* 嚮日／向日
* 嚮明／向明
* 嚮時／向时
* 嚮晨／向晨
* 嚮晚／向晚
* 嚮晦／向晦
* 嚮暮／向暮
* 嚮服／向服
* 嚮望／向望
* 嚮注
* 嚮用／向用
* 嚮矚／向瞩
* 嚮者／向者
* 嚮背／向背
* 嚮蘄／向蕲
* 嚮言／向言
* 嚮赴／向赴
* 嚮道／向道
* 嚮邇／向迩
* 嚮附／向附
* 嚮順／向顺
* 嚮風／向风
* 嚮馬賊／向马贼
* 四嚮／四向
* 女生外嚮／女生外向
* 心嚮往之／心向往之
* 志嚮／志向
* 意嚮／意向
* 慕嚮／慕向
* 斐然嚮風／斐然向风
* 方嚮／方向
* 景嚮／景向
* 朦頭轉嚮／朦头转向
* 東嚮／东向
* 歸嚮／归向
* 無嚮／无向
* 牖嚮／牖向
* 獨嚮／独向
* 環嚮／环向
* 皈嚮／皈向
* 相嚮／相向
* 祈嚮／祈向
* 福嚮／福向
* 肸嚮／肸向
* 裏嚮／里向
* 西嚮／西向
* 趣嚮／趣向
* 趨嚮／趋向
* 跂嚮／跂向
* 附嚮／附向
* 靡然嚮風／靡然向风
* 頹嚮／颓向

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎng (xiang$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^3$
*** Yale: syǎng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheang
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoeng$^2$
*** Yale: héung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hêng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœːŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xjangX
Rime :
| Character | 嚮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許兩切 |
| Baxter | xjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xiaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hoeng$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嚮 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 13602 |
| Phonetic component | 鄉 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 響 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰaŋʔ/ |

#### Definitions

嚮
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 享
* (obsolete) Alternative form of 響／响

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* guide, lead
* favor, prefer

#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kun: むかう (mukau, 嚮かう)、さきに (sakini)

## Korean
### Hanja

嚮 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嚮: Hán Nôm readings: hướng, hưởng
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