往
徃Meanings
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- 1.old variant of 往[wǎng]
- 1.to go (in a direction)
- 2.to
- 3.towards
- 4.(of a train) bound for
- 5.past
- 6.previous
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Wiktionary
- 1.to go, depart, head for
- 2.to flee, escape
- 3.to incline towards, look forward to
- 4.to, towards (a direction or location)
- 5.to, towards (a state)
- 6.the past; past, former, previous
- 7.onward, afterwards
- 8.to die; the deceased
- 9.to send; to bestow
- 10.to associate, socialize
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Etymology
Originally 㞷／𫭠, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷaŋ): semantic 止 (“foot”) + phonetic 王 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs); see also the top component of 出. Later 彳 was added to form 𢓸, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɢʷaŋ): semantic 彳 (“to step”) + semantic 止 (“foot”) + phonetic 王 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs). Eventually, the right component was stylized into the unrelated 主. The footprint 屮 pointing upwards on top became a point as in the character 之. See also 迋. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *waŋ (“to go; to come”). Cognate with Burmese ဝင် (wang, “to come in; to enter”), Tibetan འོང ('ong, “to come”), ཡོང (yong, “to come”). Related to 于 (OC *ɢʷa, “to go”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
往后退点。
Back off!
往后退点。
Back off.
我们以后往哪走？
Where will we go afterwards?
湯姆正往這里來。
Tom is on his way here.
不要往我房间里看。
Don't look into my room.
再往火裡添些木柴。
Put some more wood on the fire.
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