Entry
  1. Noun

    opposite side; other side; other party

    彼の家はちょうど道路の向かい側です。
    His house is just over the road.

Also written 向い側【むかいがわ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

side, lean, oppose, regret

Kun
かわがわそば
On
ソク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
216 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
2a9.4The Kanji Dictionary
2220.0Four corner code
2143deroo
5074Unicode hex code
1-34-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
509Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275New Nelson (John Haig)
137New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
155Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
975Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1049Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
538Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
897Morohashi
535A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
609Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667sakade
330Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
562henshall3
571Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
280crowley
809Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
119Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
984Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ce4, ze4Pinyin reading
cheugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level