往

wǎng

to go (in a direction)

to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous; old variant of 往[wang3]

walking (彳) + king sound (王) = going toward

彳 is the 'walking' radical, anchoring the sense of movement and travel. 王 here contributes the sound wǎng, not a king's meaning.

彳+王→往
彳StepSemantic
王King (or variant of jade 玉)Phonetic

这列火车往北京方向开。

zhè liè huǒ chē wǎng běi jīng fāng xiàng kāi。

This train runs in the direction of Beijing.

你往左走,就能看到那家店。

nǐ wǎng zuǒ zǒu,jiù néng kàn dào nà jiā diàn。

If you go towards the left, you will be able to see that shop.

Words with 往

古往今来

gǔ wǎng jīn lái

since ancient times

往后

wǎng hòu

from now on

人来人往

rén lái rén wǎng

(idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity

熙来攘往

xī lái rǎng wǎng

a place buzzing with activity (idiom)

交往

jiāo wǎng

to associate (with)

通往

tōng wǎng

to lead to

过往

guò wǎng

to come and go

鉴往知来

jiàn wǎng zhī lái

to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come

开往

kāi wǎng

(of a bus, train etc) to leave for

驶往

shǐ wǎng

(of a vehicle, boat etc) to travel to; to head for

一反往常

yī fǎn wǎng cháng

(idiom) contrary to what usually happens

一如往常

yī rú wǎng cháng

as usual

More characters with 彳

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