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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

1421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

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

Kunyomi: い.く, いにしえ, さき.に, ゆ.く

Onyomi: オウ

Composition: 彳 主

往

Radical

Radical: 彳

Reading: ぎょうにんべん

Meaning: step

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

往年(おうねん)   former, one-time, years ago

往来(おうらい)   comings and goings, traffic

往復する(おうふくする)   make a round trip

往診する(おうしんする)   make a house call

往生する(おうじょうする)   die peacefully, be in a fix

右往左往する(うおうさおうする)   go every which way

立ち往生する(たちおうじょうする)   be brought to a standstill [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

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

往年 (オウネン) years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past

右往左往 (ウオウサオウ) moving about in confusion, going every which way, going this way and that

以往 (イオウ) after, ... and later, before, prior to

Kunyomi Examples

行く (いく) to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination

行く (いく) to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination

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