往
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to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,035 U+5F80
How 往 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
彳 (semantic, “step”) + 王 (phonetic, wáng)
How to remember it
toward · Heisig RSH #758
queue + candlestick
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 王
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 王 (wáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 王 sound component | wáng | king, ruler; royal; surname |
| 狂 | kuáng | insane, mad; violent; wild |
| 旺 | wàng | to flourish, to prosper; prosperous |
| 枉 | wǎng | useless, in vain; crooked, bent |
| 汪 | wāng | vast, extensive, deep; surname |
| 匡 | kuāng | to correct, to revise; to restore |
Words containing 往
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无往不利 | wú wǎng bù lì | (idiom) to be successful in every endeavor |
| 人来人往 | rén lái rén wǎng | (idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity |
| 一往无前 | yī wǎng wú qián | to advance courageously (idiom); to press forward |
| 往事如风 | wǎng shì rú fēng | the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall |
| 人往高处走，水往低处流 | rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú | man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom); one should constantly striv… |
| 一往直前 | yī wǎng zhí qián | see 一往無前|一往无前[yi1 wang3 wu2 qian2] |
| 往复运动 | wǎng fù yùn dòng | backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump); reciprocating motion |
| 往心里去 | wǎng xīn li qù | to take sth to heart; to take sth seriously |
| 一往情深 | yī wǎng qíng shēn | deeply attached; devoted |
| 一反往常 | yī fǎn wǎng cháng | contrary to what usually happens |
| 一如往常 | yī rú wǎng cháng | as usual |
| 往死里 | wǎng sǐ lǐ | (coll.) (to beat etc) to death |
| 直来直往 | zhí lái zhí wǎng | blunt; outspoken |
| 人往高处爬，水往低处流 | rén wǎng gāo chù pá , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú | see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3 , shui3 wang3 di1 chu4 liu2] |
| 常来常往 | cháng lái cháng wǎng | to visit frequently; to have frequent dealings (with); to see each other often |
| 往生 | wǎng shēng | to be reborn; to live in paradise (Buddhism); to die; (after) one's death |
| 独来独往 | dú lái dú wǎng | (idiom) to come and go alone; to act independently; (fig.) to keep to oneself; to be a lon… |
| 独往独来 | dú wǎng dú lái | see 獨來獨往|独来独往[du2 lai2 du2 wang3] |
| 往事 | wǎng shì | past events; former happenings |
| 开往 | kāi wǎng | (of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for |