Hanja Analyzer
往

往 — wang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갈 왕
Romanization
wang
English
go, depart; past, formerly
Mandarin
wǎng
Japanese on'yomi
オウ
Japanese kun'yomi
い.く いにしえ さき.に ゆ.く
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,421 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
彳 (60, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+5F80

Parts that make up 往

  • 彳 네거리의 왼쪽 절반길을 가는 일
  • 主 임금/주인 주 등잔 위의 불꽃주인. ‘주’ 계열의 소리

How 往 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 往 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 止, 王.

Korean example words with 往

  • 왕년往年 Korean gloss: 지나간 해
  • 증왕曾往 Korean gloss: 이미 지나가 버린 그때
  • 왕철往哲 Korean gloss: 옛날의 어질고 사리에 밝은 사람
  • 왕대往代 Korean gloss: 이미 많은 세월이 지난 오래전 때
  • 왕시往時 Korean gloss: 이미 많은 세월이 지난 오래전 때
  • 왕일往日 Korean gloss: 지나온 과거의 날. 또는 그런 날의 행적
  • 왕진往診 Korean gloss: 의사가 병원 밖의 환자가 있는 곳으로 가서 진료함
  • 왕방하다往訪 Korean gloss: 가서 찾아보다
  • 왕복하다往復 Korean gloss: 갔다가 돌아오다
  • 기왕旣往 Korean gloss: 이미 그렇게 된 바에
  • 왕왕往往 Korean gloss: 시간의 간격을 두고 이따금
  • 내왕하다來往 Korean gloss: 서로 사귀어 오고 가고 하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 往

  • 往復おうふく making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going
  • 往来おうらい coming and going; traffic; road
  • 立ち往生たちおうじょう being brought to a standstill; being stranded; getting stuck
  • 往年おうねん years gone by; earlier years; former years
  • 往時おうじ the past; old times; bygone times
  • 往診おうしん doctor's visit; house call
  • 往路おうろ outward journey
  • 往々おうおう sometimes; often
  • 往還おうかん traffic; coming and going; highway
  • 大往生だいおうじょう peaceful death
  • 往生おうじょう passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle
  • 既往症きおうしょう illness that one had in the past; previous illness; medical history

Other hanja read “왕”

Other hanja with radical 彳

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