赴 – proceed, get, become

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1649 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 赴 means proceed, get, become, tend. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おもむ.く (omomuku). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 走 (no. 156).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	おもむ.く	omomuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 走 (Kangxi radical 156). Components: 走・土・卜.

Words using 赴

赴くおもむくto go in the direction of赴任ふにんmoving to a different location to start a new job

Kanji with the same radical

起超走越趣

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