TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
向
向 ＝ 宀 ＋ 口
ㄒㄧㄤˋ · xiàng
verb/prep — to face, toward; noun — direction
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof, the house
A window (口) cut in the house wall (宀), opening one way — the original was the north-facing window. From the wall that faces a direction, to face and to turn toward: 方向、面向、走向, and what one used to lean toward, 向來.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
牆（宀）上開一扇窗（口），朝著固定的一邊——人就照那個向走。
A window (口) cut in the wall (宀) opens one fixed way — and that is the direction you head.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)牖、窗向— a window facing one way
→方向、面向— direction; to face toward常用
⇒向來、一向— all along, formerly常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension