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-<WL>向 [xiàng] towards (direction); (F曏) formerly
+<WL>向 [xiàng] toward/towards; 方向 direction; 向来 always; (F曏) formerly@@; (HDZ:) …
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-The character 向(􁎥) xiàng ‘northern window, roof/peak vent’ (closed in the winter) combines 宀(􁎝) ‘roof/house’ with 囗(􁃰) representing a window; from ‘northern facing window’, to ‘face in a particular direction’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 向(􁎥) xiàng ‘northern (north-facing) window, roof/peak vent’ (closed in the winter) combines 宀(􁎝) ‘roof/house’ (peak), with a shape like 囗(􁃰) representing a window.
+	Note: 向 xiàng ‘northern facing window; face/incline in/toward a particular direction/thing (also wr. 嚮)’.
 	Compare: 鄉(􁈌𨞰) xiāng ‘a kind of window’; 尚(􀋲尙) shàng; 宫(􁏴宮) gōng; 高(􀹨) gāo ‘high/tall’.
+	Note: (诗) (七月) 塞向墐戶 “The windows that face [the north] are stopped up; And the doors are plastered.” (Legge)
+	Compare: 饷/餉(􀸉) xiǎng ‘provide/offer sb. food’, formerly also wr. 𫗵/饟(􀸈).
+	Compare: 杏(􀻭) xìng ‘apricot’, in which 向(􁎥) xiàng (abbrev. phonosemantic).
+	HDZ: 向 : xiàng : 朝北的窗户; 对着, 朝着 (cf. 嚮); 方向, 趋向; 归趋, 崇向; 接近, 临近; 爱; 往, 去; 刚才; 从来, 向来; 原来的, 旧的; 从前; (副词) 大约; (介词) (动作的对象, 对, 朝; 动作的方向或趋向; 动作的起点, 从, 由; 动作的地点, 在; 动作的时间, 至; 以); (助词) ; 救; (古国名) (周); (地名); (姓)
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-#c丿冋冂口宀
+#c丿冋冂口宀
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