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赴

proceed
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingフ
Kun readingおもむ.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. proceedRtK
    しばしば、彼女は自ら赴かねばならなかった。More often than not, she had to go in person.tatoeba
    1433年には肥前国へ赴く。He went to Hizen Province in 1433.wiki
  2. get
  3. become
  4. tend
  1. to go in the direction of
  2. to proceed toward
  3. to proceed according to
  4. to repair to
  5. to betake oneself to

Popular Usage

赴く

Radicals and components

Radical走run
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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run · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mend · magic wand · augury

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 412

Compound words

赴くおもむく
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to
赴任ふにん
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
単身赴任たんしんふにん
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
赴援ふえん
going to save
赴任地ふにんち
place of (new) post
海外赴任かいがいふにん
overseas assignment
赴き深いおもむきぶかい
elegant
赴任するふにんする
to move
快方に赴くかいほうにおもむく
to improve
盛大に赴くせいだいにおもむく
to grow in prosperity
単身赴任者たんしんふにんしゃ
employee posted away from their family

Additional Examples

主として会津藩士が赴任した。
Members of the Aizu clan mainly filled the post.wiki
1433年には肥前国へ赴く。
He went to Hizen Province in 1433.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

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