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方向 (fāng xiàng): meaning and stroke order

方向 (fāng xiàng) means direction; orientation, 个.

方向

Simplified
方向
Traditional
方向 (same form)
Pinyin
fāng xiàng

Stroke order of 方向

方

  • Fāng surname Fang
  • fāng square; power or involution (math.)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

向

  • Xiàng surname Xiang
  • xiàng towards; to face
  • xiàng to tend toward; to guide
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 嚮

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 方向

  1. fāng xiàng
    • direction; orientation
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

方
Radical 方 (Kangxi radical 70) · 4 strokes · 丶 on top, 万 below
向
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

方向 in our stories

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  • 城里有个算命先生叫袁守诚，算得特别准，渔夫们每天按照他说的方向撒网，总是满载而归。

    chéng lǐ yǒu gè suànmìng xiānsheng jiào Yuán Shǒuchéng suàn de tèbié zhǔn yúfū men měitiān ànzhào tā shuō de fāngxiàng sā wǎng zǒngshì mǎnzài ér guī

    In the city lived a fortune-teller called Yuan Shoucheng whose predictions were remarkably accurate. Every day the fishermen cast their nets where he told them and always came home fully laden.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 原来他的膝盖上个月就受了伤，医生劝他休息，可他早就答应了组委会，不想让跟着气球的人找不到方向。

    yuánlái tā de xīgài shàng gè yuè jiù shòu le shāng yīshēng quàn tā xiūxi kě tā zǎojiù dāying le zǔwěihuì bù xiǎng ràng gēn zhe qìqiú de rén zhǎo bú dào fāngxiàng

    It turned out he had hurt his knee the month before and the doctor had told him to rest, but he had long since promised the organisers and didn't want the runners following his balloon to lose their way.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 方向

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).