| Chinese Text Project |
| 往 U+5F80 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen | 徃 Alternate form Semantic variant Specialized semantic variant | 𢔎 Semantic variant | 𨓹 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 彳+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.313#10 Kangxi: p.365#32 Cihai: p.509r6c03 GSR: 739.k Hanyu: v2,p0817#06 |
| Composition: | Left: 彳, right: 主. Component of: 𠉫 𠗤 𢛛 𣶂 𭈕 𮤵 𣇭 𥆜 暀 𤷮 𥯂 𫃮 𬻯 |
| Mandarin: | wǎng wàng ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | wong5 |
| Shuowen: | 《彳部》往：之也。从彳㞷聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·養·往》往：之也，去也，行也，至也。于兩切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·彳部·五》往：〔古文〕𢔎𨓹《唐韻》于兩切《集韻》雨兩切《正韻》羽枉切，𠀤王上聲。《說文》之也。《玉篇》行也，去也。《易·履卦》素履往無咎。《書·舜典》帝曰：兪，汝往哉。《禮·曲禮》禮尚往來。往而不來，非禮也。來而不往，亦非禮也。又《玉篇》古往也。《廣韻》往，昔也。《易·繫辭》夫易彰往而察來。《前漢·武帝紀》稽諸往古，制宜於今。又約舉前事曰往往。《史記·五帝紀》至長老皆各往往稱黃帝堯舜之處，風敎固殊焉。又凡以物致人曰往。《曹植·與楊修書》今往僕少小所著辭賦一通，相與刊定也。《王羲之帖》今往絲布單衣財一端，示致意。又《集韻》於放切，王去聲。歸嚮也。《史記·孔子世家贊》雖不能至，然心鄕往之。又叶尹竦切，音勇。《東方朔·七諫》叩宮而宮應兮，彈角而角動。虎嘯而谷風生兮，龍至而錦雲往。 |
| Fanqie: | 于兩 (《廣韻·上聲·養·往》) |
| Unihan definition: | go, depart; past, formerly |
Example usage
| 《論語·學而》: | 告諸往而知來者。 |
| I told him one point, and he knew its proper sequence. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 往應之曰：『紾兄之臂而奪之食，則得食。』 |
| Go and answer him thus, "If, by twisting your elder brother's arm, and snatching from him what he is eating, you can get food for yourself." | |
| 《禮記·間傳》: | 斬衰之哭，若往而不反。 |
| The wailing of one wearing the sackcloth for his father seems to go forth in one unbroken strain. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「非其往不往，非其居不居，漸猶水乎！」 |
| Yangzi said: If it is not the direction he wants to go, he does not go. If it is not the place he wants to land, he does not land. His flight is like water. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 肩吾問於連叔曰：「吾聞言於接輿，大而無當，往而不反。」 |
| Jian Wu asked Lian Shu, saying, 'I heard Jie Yu talking words which were great, but had nothing corresponding to them (in reality); once gone, they could not be brought back.' | |
| 《道德經》: | 執大象，天下往。 |
| To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible Dao), the whole world repairs. | |
| 《商君書·墾令》: | 然則往速徠疾，則業不敗農。 |
| The expedition backward and forward will thus be quick and then this occupation will not harm agriculture. | |
| 《孫子兵法·行軍》: | 少而往來者，營軍也。 |
| When there is dust rising in a high column, it is the sign of chariots advancing; when the dust is low, but spread over a wide area, it betokens the approach of infantry. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 小雅不以於汙上，自引而居下，疾今之政以思往者，其言有文焉，其聲有哀焉 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 曾子有疾，孟儀往問之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 今子反往視宋，間人相食，大驚而哀之，不意之到於此也，是以心駭目動而違常禮。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 傳曰：夫行露之人許嫁矣，然而未往也，見一物不具，一禮不備，守節貞理，守死不往，君子以為得婦道之宜，故舉而傳之，揚而歌之，以絕無道之求，防汙道之行乎！ |
| 《大戴禮記·夏小正》: | 往耰黍，禪。 |
| 《白虎通德論·號》: | 王者，往也，天下所歸往。 |
| 《新書·道德說》: | 春秋者，守往事之合德之理與不合，而紀其成敗，以為來事師法，故曰「春秋者，此之紀者也。」 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 今陛下起豐擊沛，收卒三千人，以之徑往卷蜀漢，定三秦，與項羽大戰七十，小戰四十，使天下民肝腦塗地，父子暴骨中野，不可勝數，哭泣之聲未絕，傷夷者未收，而欲比隆成康周公之時，臣竊以為不侔矣。 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 在於悔往，而不在於懷來。 |
| 《孔子家語·儒行解》: | 往者不悔，來者不豫。 |
| 《潛夫論·讚學》: | 《易》曰：「君子以多志前言往行以畜其德。」 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 猶高祖初起，相工入豐、沛之邦，多封侯之人矣，未必老少男女俱貴而有相也，卓礫時見，往往皆然 |
| 《太玄經·𤕠》: | 次二，熒𤕠狧狧，不利有攸往。 |
| 《風俗通義·三王》: | 王者、往也，為天下所歸往也。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣言》: | 徨，往也。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 問君以至美之道道民，民以至美之物養君，君降其惠，民升其功，此無往不復，相報之義也。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 人能至公，不私諸己，何往不可也？ |
| 《新語·辨惑》: | 謟佞之相扶，讒口之相譽，無高而不可上，無深而不可往者何？ |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天王，諸夏之所稱，天下之所歸往，故稱天王。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 天王，諸夏之所稱，天下之所歸往，故稱天王。 |
| 《墨子·經下》: | 推之必往，說在廢材。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 弟子曰：「先生往无反期，弟子敢有所謁。」 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 未令而知其為，未使而知其往，上不加務而民自盡，此化之期也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 大道坦坦，去身不遠，求之遠者，往而復返。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 問歟荅歟，一氣往來，道何在？ |
| 《列仙傳·赤松子》: | 往往至崑崙山上，常止西王母石室中，隨風雨上下。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 昔者，魯周公使康叔往守於殷，戒之曰：「與殺不辜，寧失有罪。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 言鼻口之門，是乃通天地之元氣所從往來也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 臣敢言之，往者齊南破荊，東破宋，西服秦，北破燕，中使韓、魏，土地廣而兵強，戰剋攻取，詔令天下。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 《詩》，往志也。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 離枝侵其北，代必歸於齊，公因令齊載金錢而往。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 起曰：「臣以見占隱，以往察來，主君何言與心違？」 |
| 《六韜·兵道》: | 一者、能獨往獨來。 |
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