往 — journey, travel, chase away

おう往 journey

おう

U+5F80 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1421 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #945 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

journey
travel
chase away
let go
going
before
formerly

Readings

On'yomi: おう ou
Kun'yomi: い i いにしえ inishie さき saki ゆ yu

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おう ou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

往(おう) 復(ふく) oufuku round trip 往々(おう) ouou often 往(おう) 年(ねん) ounen years gone by 往(おう) 来(らい) ourai coming and going 往(おう) 生(じょう) oujou death 立(た) ち往(おう) 生(じょう) tachioujou being brought to a standstill

Words by frequency and grade

6 words

Each dot is a word containing 往: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

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