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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 往

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
往 wǎng - to go (in a direction)
- to
- towards
- (of a train) bound for
- past
- previous
往 wǎng - old variant of 往[wang3]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 2 556 967 1,061

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 彳 ⿱？ 王

Radical:

彳

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

王

Semantic:

彳

Hint:

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Other Words Containing 往

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
往 4 2 556 967 1,061
交往 6 3 2,591 4,199 4,287
前往 - 3 2,770 2,214 5,625
通往 - 7 5,035 8,766 8,396
往常 6 7 5,322 13,380 16,785
以往 6 5 5,494 2,677 6,233
往后 - 6 5,777 10,196 8,121
往事 6 7 6,670 7,453 3,917
往往 4 3 6,745 1,350 1,546
来往 - 6 7,217 10,248 14,936
一如既往 6 7 9,182 9,657 5,707
向往 6 8 9,945 7,195 4,377
往来 - 6 10,426 7,008 15,821
过往 - 8 12,819 8,094 5,522
赶往 - 8 13,192 9,710 19,929
往日 - 8 13,604 12,311 12,042
勇往直前 - 8 14,816 22,415 16,178
独来独往 - - 16,646 47,362 30,101
往返 5 8 16,938 10,184 11,510
往昔 - - 18,348 26,156 15,931
逃往 - - 21,273 27,805 48,905
往年 - 6 24,029 7,216 12,010
既往不咎 - - 27,812 78,100 74,356
驶往 - - 27,828 33,934 45,939
一往无前 - - 29,767 29,091 14,003
一往情深 - - 37,909 44,365 25,384
古往今来 - - 38,413 37,334 35,187
往复 - - 40,107 43,528 40,868
礼尚往来 - - 44,409 51,868 34,812
神往 - - 46,414 38,008 25,307
心驰神往 - - 49,838 62,900 48,243
一往直前 - - 50,865 101,420 56,663
继往开来 6 - 67,042 39,128 55,372
已往 - - 77,228 54,716 65,656
往时 - - 85,153 - 73,887