Chinese Character 往 Meanings and components.

Form

往

Meaning

往 meaning[3] in English

To Go (In A Direction).

To.

Towards.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 往 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and owner (主)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOYG

How to write 往

To write往wang3to go … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 主zhu3owner arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 主 = 往

往 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 往 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 往, looks as follow:

往
Pinyin:wang3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Go (In A Direction) . To . Towards . (Of A Train) Bound For . Past . Previous
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
主
Pinyin:zhu3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Owner . Master . Host . Individual Or Party Concerned . God . Lord . Main . To Indicate Or Signify . Trump Card (In Card Games)
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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