赴
赴 — Proceed
proceed, get, become, tend
On’yomiフ (fu)
Kun’yomiおもむく (omomuku)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 赴
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赴任 | ふにん funin | 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 tanshinfunin | 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 |
| 赴く | おもむく omomuku | to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to |
Study notes
赴 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1649 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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