向 xiàng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
向上
xiàngshàng
upward
Characters in this word
上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请向上看。 Qǐng xiàngshàng kàn. Please look up.
- 手向上举。 Shǒu xiàngshàng jǔ. Raise your hand up.
- 气球向上飞。 Qìqiú xiàngshàng fēi. The balloon flies upward.
Related words
- 方向 fāngxiàng direction
- 向 xiàng toward; from
- 向导 xiàngdǎo guide
- 向前 xiàngqián forward
- 一向 yíxiàng always; all along
- 转向 zhuǎnxiàng to turn
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once