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Kanji for Toward
The kanji for “toward” is 向, read kou and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
向
toward
Facing forward toward a goal.
6 strokes On reading コウ (kou) Kun reading むく、むい、むき (muku, mui, muki) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kou, na, mu
In Japan it appears in about 71 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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