向前

向

xiàng = xi + ang4

towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...

向 = 丿 + 冋 : Mnemonic symbol: there's a genus of mahogany trees which produce "向天果" or "sky fruit" because, well, they directly face the sky.

向 = 丿 + 冋 : In anglepod's bathroom, Marie Curie is being held up at the border control post because she tried to smuggle a sky fruit in a banana.

向

嚮

xiàng = xi + ang4

to tend toward / to guide / variant of 向[xiang4]

Add a new mnemonic for 嚮 = 鄉 + 向

向 = 丿 + 冋 : Mnemonic symbol: there's a genus of mahogany trees which produce "向天果" or "sky fruit" because, well, they directly face the sky.

向 = 丿 + 冋 : In anglepod's bathroom, Marie Curie is being held up at the border control post because she tried to smuggle a sky fruit in a banana.

向

曏

xiàng = xi + ang4

variant of 向[xiang4] / direction / orientation / to face / to turn toward / to / towards / shortly before / formerly

Add a new mnemonic for 曏 = 日 + 鄉

向 = 丿 + 冋 : Mnemonic symbol: there's a genus of mahogany trees which produce "向天果" or "sky fruit" because, well, they directly face the sky.

向 = 丿 + 冋 : In anglepod's bathroom, Marie Curie is being held up at the border control post because she tried to smuggle a sky fruit in a banana.

Add a new mnemonic for 前 = 䒑 + 刖

前

qián = qi + an2

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

Add a new mnemonic for 前 = 止 + 刖

前 = 䒑 + 刖 : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.

前 = 䒑 + 刖 : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.