往 — Chinese character
往
wǎng
to go, to depart; past, former
- Pinyin
- wǎng
- Radical
- 60 ⼻ (Step)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 彳 王
- Formation
- pictophonetic — step; meaning component 彳; sound component 王
- Japanese
- 往 as a kanji
Common words with 往
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 往往 | wǎng wǎng | usually; in many cases |
| 以往 | yǐ wǎng | in the past; formerly |
| 交往 | jiāo wǎng | to associate (with); to have contact (with) |
| 往来 (往來) | wǎng lái | dealings; contacts |
| 通往 | tōng wǎng | to lead to |
| 过往 (過往) | guò wǎng | to come and go; to associate with; to have dealings with |
| 来往 (來往) | lái wǎng | to come and go; to have dealings with |
| 向往 (嚮往) | xiàng wǎng | to yearn for; to look forward to |
| 往事 | wǎng shì | past events; former happenings |
| 往返 | wǎng fǎn | to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip |
| 往后 (往後) | wǎng hòu | from now on; in the future |
English words written with 往
往 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 11 · Art of War 9 · I Ching 49 · Mencius 37 · Zhuangzi 73 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Analects 1.15
- Analects 3.10
- Analects 3.21
- Analects 7.28
- Analects 9.18
- Analects 17.1
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