wǎng
go
Phonosemantic compound. 彳 and 止 represent the meaning, and 王 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 往
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to | ||
usually | ||
to leave for | ||
to associate (with) | ||
in the past |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ɢʷaŋʔ | hjwangX | wǎng | go to |
Statistics
HSK level 2
Appears in 68.3806% of movies
571st most common character in movies
369th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5F80 |
Shuowen | “往,之也。从彳,聲。,古文从辵。” |
Sources
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