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向く

むく

to face, to look

Mnemonic

The window in that wall opens onto one thing only and will not show you anything else. The same moo むく as 向ける, turning the whole of yourself the way it points: むく.

Worth knowing

向かう is heading toward something, 向ける is turning a thing to point at something, 向く is you facing it. 顔 かお is the noun.

Built from

face toward
A window set high in a wall, pointing one way out.

Words sharing these kanji

to face, to head toward to turn toward, to point at the other side, the other party, opponent direction, course to turn around, to look back

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