To Turn Toward
Godan verb
むく
こっちを向いてください。
Turn this way, please.
このへやは、南を向いているので日当たりがいい。
This room is facing South, so it gets very sunny.
今度は、お父さんの方を向いて、どうして赤ちゃんの格好をしているのか聞いてみましょう。
Now, let’s turn toward your dad and ask him why he’s wearing a baby costume.
You know that the kanji means yonder, which is like "over there." This is the verb version of "yonder." That being said, "to yonder" isn't really a thing, so you have to think of what happens when you "look yonder." This word means to face or to turn toward. You're looking yonder, but you have to turn towards said yonder to look that way.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
You turn to face a new direction and look out into the distance. There is a single cow out there. It turns to face you too, and says moo (む).