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往 (Kangxi radical 60,彳+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input竹人卜土 (HOYG),four-corner2021₄,composition⿰彳主)

• 𠉫, 𠗤, 𢛛, 𣶂, 暀, 𥆜, 𥯂, 𤷮

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 365, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10073
• Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 817, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5F80

Historical forms of the character往
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script

According to the version on bronzes, originallyphono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*ɢʷaŋ): semantic 止(“foot”) + phonetic 王(OC*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs), hence the original version is㞷; see also the top component of出 and岁. Later彳 was added to formphono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*ɢʷaŋ): semantic 彳(“walk”) + semantic 止(“foot”) + phonetic 王(OC*ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs). Hence, the new character𢓸 was coined.

Eventually, the right component was stylized into the unrelated主. The footprint pointing upwards on top became a point as in the character之.

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*waŋ(“to go; to come”). Cognate withBurmeseဝင်(wang,“to come in; to enter”),Tibetanའོང('ong,“to come”),ཡོང(yong,“to come”). Related to于 (OC*ɢʷa, “to go”).

往

1. togo to; tohead for

   往返  ― wǎngfǎn  ―  to travel to and from

2. to;towards

   上海飛往北京的航班[MSC,trad.]
   上海飞往北京的航班[MSC,simp.]

   Shànghǎi fēiwǎng Běijīng de hángbān[Pinyin]

   a flight from Shanghaito Beijing

   我往右拐的。  ― Wǒwǎng yòu guǎi de.  ―  I turned right.

   不要往河裡扔石頭。[MSC,trad.]
   不要往河里扔石头。[MSC,simp.]

   Bùyàowǎng hé lǐ rēng shítóu.[Pinyin]

   Don't throw rocksinto the river.

   他們往小鎮方向去了。[MSC,trad.]
   他们往小镇方向去了。[MSC,simp.]

   Tāmenwǎng xiǎo zhèn fāngxiàng qù le.[Pinyin]

   They made their waytoward the town.

3. past;previous

   往事  ― wǎngshì  ―  past events

   往昔  ― wǎngxī  ―  in the past

• 向 (xiàng)

往

1. (Mandarin, Wu)towards

The written form望 is common in Early Mandarin (Dong, 2023); in contemporary Mandarin, commonly written as往.

往

1. (Hakka)towards
   • 2016,彭瑞珠, “時間停跎个所在”, in《教育部電子報》‎^[2], number718:

     𫣆在山頂看往下——涼風輕輕仔挲等河壩面，河壩兩片田坵還係插齊个禾仔，四圍山峎還係青悠个樹林。[Sixian Hakka,trad.]
     𫣆在山顶看往下——凉风轻轻仔挲等河坝面，河坝两片田坵还系插齐个禾仔，四围山峎还系青悠个树林。[Sixian Hakka,simp.]

     Ên chhai sân-táng khonkông hâ — liòng-fûng khiâng-khiâng-é sô-tén hò-pa mien, hò-pa lióng phién thièn-khiû hàn-he chhap-chhè ke vò-é, si-vì sân-kien hàn-he chhiâng-yû ke su-lìm.[Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2019 December 13, “徙”,陳美燕 [Mei-Yen Chen],邱廉欽 [Kim Chiu], Uncle Willow, Regina Grounded (lyrics),邱廉欽 [Kim Chiu] and賴威成 [Andres Lai] (music)‎^[3]performed by愛客樂 [iColor]:

     徙往下　過河壩　跋山崗　艱辛出外莊　再徙往出　過大江　尋一隻　有好耕種个地方[Hailu Hakka,trad.]
     徙往下　过河坝　跋山岗　艰辛出外庄　再徙往出　过大江　寻一只　有好耕种个地方[Hailu Hakka,simp.]

     sai´gong` ha`, goˇ ho baˇ, bag san` gong`, gan` sin` chud ngoi⁺ zong`, zaiˇ sai´gong` chud, goˇ tai⁺ gong`, cim rhid zhag rhiu` ho´ gang` zhungˇ gaiˇ ti⁺ fong`[Taiwanese Hakka Romanization System]

     Migrating down, crossing rivers, climbing mountains, going out of the village with difficulty; then migrating out, crossing big rivers to look for a place good for farming

It is used after a verb and before a directional term, such as上(“up”),下(“down”),出(“out”).

• “往”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[4],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

Shinjitai	往
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	往󠄁 往+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	往󠄃 往+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on:おう(ō,Jōyō)^{←わう(wau,historical)}
• Kan-on:おう(ō,Jōyō)^{←わう(wau,historical)}
• Kun:いく(iku,往く)、いにしえ(inishie,往)、さきに(sakini,往に)、ゆく(yuku,往く)
• Nanori:おき(oki)、なり(nari)、ひさ(hisa)、みち(michi)、もち(mochi)、ゆき(yuki)、よし(yoshi)

*/waŋ/ →/wau/ →/ɔː/ →/oː/

FromMiddle Chinese往 (MC hjwangX).

• IPA^(key): [o̞ː]

往(おう)• (ō) ^{←わう(wau)?}

1. togo to, tohead for
2. past,previous

往 (eumhun갈왕(gal wang))

1. hanja form^? of왕(“togo to”)

• 왕래 (往來,wangnae, “traffic, coming and going”)
• 왕년 (往年,wangnyeon, “former,once”)
• 왕복 (往復,wangbok, “around trip,goingback and forth”)

往:Hán Nôm readings:vãng,vạng,vảng,vởn,váng,vãn

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