towards / to face / to turn towards / direction / to support / to side with / shortly before / formerly / always / all along / (suffix) suitable for ... / oriented to ...
向
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丿
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冋
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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
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丿
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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.
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
阳
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日
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阝
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Maud Younger and the pope want to help the good people of the anglepod and install some solar power (太阳能) panels just inside the anglepod's kitchen. The sun helps them to generate positive electric charges by shining its rays (阳光) on the panel.