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6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
On
オウおう · ō
Kun
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Meaning
to go; journey; past

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

彳 "to go" plus 王 "to extend"; heading straight onward — hence "to go, the outward journey."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onオウおうō往復おうふく往来おうらい既往症きおうしょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 往復おうふく

    round trip

  • 往来おうらい

    coming and going; traffic

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

駅(えき)までの往復(おうふく)の切(せつ)ぷを買(か)った。

They bought a return ticket to the station.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

往復往来往復to ret…来to com…得to gai…役role彷to wan…彼he徂to go応to res…桜cherry…王king夭to die…凹concav…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 彳Map of reading オウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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