往 (before, chase away, formerly, going, journey, let go, travel) - Kanji Codex

往

before, chase away, formerly, going, journey, let go, travel

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

オウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

い.くいにしえさき.にゆ.く

Nanori (名乗り)

みち

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:8

JLPT:1

Frequency:1421

Vocabulary

オウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
一往	イチオウ	more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; technically; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
往年	オウネン	years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
往復	オウフク	making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters); keeping company (with); socializing; visiting each other
往来	オウライ	coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing; socialising; fellowship; mutual visits; recurring (e.g. thoughts); correspondence
右往左往	ウオウサオウ	moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
往生	おうじょう	passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed; coercion
往古	いにしえ	antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
往き	いき	the way there; outbound leg; outbound trip; departing leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
往き	ゆき	the way there; outbound leg; outbound trip; departing leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
往き来	ゆきき	coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

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