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  1. Noun

    opposite side; other side

    彼女は背が低すぎて塀の向こうがみえなかった。
    She was too short to see over the fence.
  2. over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off

  3. destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

  4. the other party; the other side

  5. from now; next (e.g. two weeks); coming ...; from ... onwards

Also written 向う【むこう】

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yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

Kun
む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い
On
コウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
182 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

こおむかむかいむこう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-3SKIP code
3d3.10The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
849deroo
5411Unicode hex code
1-24-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
101Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
712New Nelson (John Haig)
3052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3790Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2627Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
312Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3301Morohashi
278A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213sakade
402Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
294henshall3
266Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
192crowley
557Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
186Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
hyang, sangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level

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影でこそこそせず面と向かって彼にそれを言いたまえ。

Say it to his face, not behind his back.

Break it down Tatoeba

彼が直向きに生きるその姿は実に健気です。

The single-minded way he gets on with his life is truly admirable.

Break it down Tatoeba

警棒で空をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分に向かって突進してくる金網づくりのクズカゴを見た。

The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.

Break it down Tatoeba
こう

Family or surname
しょう

Shou

Family or surname
のこ

Noko

Family or surname