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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 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 𭈕 𮤵 𢛛 𣶂 暀 𣇭 𥆜 𤷮 𥯂 𫃮 𬻯 |
| Mandarin: | wǎng wàng ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˋ |
| Cantonese: | wong5 |
| Shuowen: | 《彳部》往：之也。从彳㞷声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·养·往》往：之也，去也，行也，至也。于两切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·彳部·五》往：〔古文〕𢔎𨓹《唐韵》于两切《集韵》雨两切《正韵》羽枉切，𠀤王上声。《说文》之也。《玉篇》行也，去也。《易·履卦》素履往无咎。《书·舜典》帝曰：兪，汝往哉。《礼·曲礼》礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也。来而不往，亦非礼也。又《玉篇》古往也。《广韵》往，昔也。《易·系辞》夫易彰往而察来。《前汉·武帝纪》稽诸往古，制宜于今。又约举前事曰往往。《史记·五帝纪》至长老皆各往往称黄帝尧舜之处，风敎固殊焉。又凡以物致人曰往。《曹植·与杨修书》今往仆少小所著辞赋一通，相与刊定也。《王羲之帖》今往丝布单衣财一端，示致意。又《集韵》于放切，王去声。归向也。《史记·孔子世家赞》虽不能至，然心鄕往之。又叶尹竦切，音勇。《东方朔·七谏》叩宫而宫应兮，弹角而角动。虎啸而谷风生兮，龙至而锦云往。 |
| Fanqie: | 于两 (《广韵·上声·养·往》) |
| Unihan definition: | go, depart; past, formerly |
Example usage
| 《论语·学而》: | 告诸往而知来者。 |
| I told him one point, and he knew its proper sequence. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 往应之曰：‘紾兄之臂而夺之食，则得食。’ |
| 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." | |
| 《礼记·间传》: | 斩衰之哭，若往而不反。 |
| The wailing of one wearing the sackcloth for his father seems to go forth in one unbroken strain. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“非其往不往，非其居不居，渐犹水乎！” |
| 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. | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 肩吾问于连叔曰：“吾闻言于接舆，大而无当，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.' | |
| 《道德经》: | 执大象，天下往。 |
| To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible Dao), the whole world repairs. | |
| 《商君书·垦令》: | 然则往速徕疾，则业不败农。 |
| The expedition backward and forward will thus be quick and then this occupation will not harm agriculture. | |
| 《孙子兵法·行军》: | 少而往来者，营军也。 |
| 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》: | 小雅不以于污上，自引而居下，疾今之政以思往者，其言有文焉，其声有哀焉 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 曾子有疾，孟仪往问之。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 今子反往视宋，间人相食，大惊而哀之，不意之到于此也，是以心骇目动而违常礼。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 传曰：夫行露之人许嫁矣，然而未往也，见一物不具，一礼不备，守节贞理，守死不往，君子以为得妇道之宜，故举而传之，扬而歌之，以绝无道之求，防污道之行乎！ |
| 《大戴礼记·夏小正》: | 往耰黍，禅。 |
| 《白虎通德论·号》: | 王者，往也，天下所归往。 |
| 《新书·道德说》: | 春秋者，守往事之合德之理与不合，而纪其成败，以为来事师法，故曰“春秋者，此之纪者也。” |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 今陛下起丰击沛，收卒三千人，以之径往卷蜀汉，定三秦，与项羽大战七十，小战四十，使天下民肝脑涂地，父子暴骨中野，不可胜数，哭泣之声未绝，伤夷者未收，而欲比隆成康周公之时，臣窃以为不侔矣。 |
| 《中论·修本》: | 在于悔往，而不在于怀来。 |
| 《孔子家语·儒行解》: | 往者不悔，来者不豫。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 《易》曰：“君子以多志前言往行以畜其德。” |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 犹高祖初起，相工入丰、沛之邦，多封侯之人矣，未必老少男女俱贵而有相也，卓砾时见，往往皆然 |
| 《太玄经·𤕠》: | 次二，荧𤕠狧狧，不利有攸往。 |
| 《风俗通义·三王》: | 王者、往也，为天下所归往也。 |
| 《孔丛子·广言》: | 徨，往也。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 问君以至美之道道民，民以至美之物养君，君降其惠，民升其功，此无往不复，相报之义也。 |
| 《忠经·天地神明章》: | 人能至公，不私诸己，何往不可也？ |
| 《新语·辨惑》: | 謟佞之相扶，谗口之相誉，无高而不可上，无深而不可往者何？ |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 天王，诸夏之所称，天下之所归往，故称天王。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 天王，诸夏之所称，天下之所归往，故称天王。 |
| 《墨子·经下》: | 推之必往，说在废材。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 弟子曰：“先生往无反期，弟子敢有所谒。” |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 未令而知其为，未使而知其往，上不加务而民自尽，此化之期也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 大道坦坦，去身不远，求之远者，往而复返。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 问欤荅欤，一气往来，道何在？ |
| 《列仙传·赤松子》: | 往往至昆仑山上，常止西王母石室中，随风雨上下。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 昔者，鲁周公使康叔往守于殷，戒之曰：“与杀不辜，宁失有罪。” |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 言鼻口之门，是乃通天地之元气所从往来也。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 臣敢言之，往者齐南破荆，东破宋，西服秦，北破燕，中使韩、魏，土地广而兵强，战克攻取，诏令天下。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 《诗》，往志也。 |
| 《管子·轻重戊》: | 离枝侵其北，代必归于齐，公因令齐载金钱而往。 |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 起曰：“臣以见占隐，以往察来，主君何言与心违？” |
| 《六韬·兵道》: | 一者、能独往独来。 |
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