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Mythic Mandarin

向来 (xiàng lái): meaning and stroke order

向来 (xiàng lái) means always (previously).

向来

Simplified
向来
Traditional
向來
Pinyin
xiàng lái

Stroke order of 向来

向

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

Stroke by stroke

来

  • lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 來

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 向来

  1. xiàng lái Traditional 向來
    • always (previously)

Radicals of the characters

向
Radical 口 (Kangxi radical 30) · 6 strokes
来
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · built from 未 and 丷

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.

向来 in our stories

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  • 最后两句最有名：回首向来萧瑟处，归去，也无风雨也无晴。

    zuìhòu liǎng jù zuì yǒumíng huíshǒu xiànglái xiāosè chù guīqù yě wú fēngyǔ yě wú qíng

    The last two lines are the most famous: "Looking back at the place where it was bleak and cold, I go home: there was neither wind and rain nor sunshine."

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 向来

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).