Chinese symbol for “orientation”
取向
qǔ xiàng
orientation; direction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for orientation is 取向 (qǔ xiàng), defined as: orientation; direction.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “orientation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 向 (曏) | xiàng | variant of 向 (xiàng); direction |
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend; tendency |
| 导向 (導向) | dǎo xiàng | to be oriented towards; orientation |
| 朝向 | cháo xiàng | toward; to face |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 取向.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 取得 | qǔ dé | to acquire; to get; to obtain |
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 争取 (爭取) | zhēng qǔ | to fight for; to strive for |
| 获取 (獲取) | huò qǔ | to gain; to get; to acquire |
| 取代 | qǔ dài | to replace; to supersede |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “orientation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.