Kanji N1

往: journey, travel, chase away

往 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning journey, travel, chase away, written with 8 strokes. It is read オウ (on) and いく, いにしえ, さきに (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 往復 (おうふく, making a round trip) and 往来 (おうらい, coming and going).

往

Meanings

  • journey
  • travel
  • chase away
  • let go
  • going
  • before
  • formerly
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1421 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • オウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • いく
  • いにしえ
  • さきに
  • ゆく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 往

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 往復おうふく

    making a round trip; going and returning

    JLPT N2
  • 往来おうらい

    coming and going; traffic

  • 往年おうねん

    years gone by; earlier years; former years

  • 立ち往生たちおうじょう

    being brought to a standstill; being stranded

  • 往診おうしん

    doctor's visit; house call

  • 往生おうじょう

    passing on to the next life

  • 既往症きおうしょう

    illness that one had in the past

  • 右往左往うおうさおう

    moving about in confusion; going every which way

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.