JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 36

往 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

go; past

On
オウou
Kun
いにしえinishie いくiku さきにsakini ゆくyuku

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

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往8 strokes

How to write 往: stroke order

往 has 8 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

往 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 往 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 往

The parts 往 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

  • 彳

    Radical

  • 主

    main; master

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