往 wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
往
wǎng
toward (direction)
Character
Example phrases
- 我往家走。 Wǒ wǎng jiā zǒu. I walk toward home.
- 车往前开。 Chē wǎng qián kāi. The car drives forward.
- 他往右看。 Tā wǎng yòu kàn. He looks to the right.
Related words
- 交往 jiāowǎng to have contact; to associate
- 前往 qiánwǎng to go to; to head for
- 往往 wǎngwǎng often
- 以往 yǐwǎng in the past
- 向 xiàng toward; from
- 让 ràng to let; to make
- 到处 dàochù everywhere
- 完 wán to finish
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 得 de so; to the extent (after a verb)
- 正是 zhèngshì exactly; just
- 过 guo ever (past experience marker)