Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

赴: proceed, get

Also: become, tend

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

走 carries the meaning · 卜 gives the sound

9 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

フfu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 赴任ふにん
  • 単身赴任たんしんふにんtaking up a post away from one's family

おもむくomomuku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 赴くおもむくto go in the direction of; to proceed toward

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Pick up the pace! Imagine a runner speeding down a track, their feet barely touching the earth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
赴 proceed · 卜
vs赳 strong and brave · 丨
赴 has 卜 where 赳 has 丨.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fù

Same form: 赴 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
赴 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
赴 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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