The kanji 赴: meaning, readings and stroke order

赴

Meaning: head for, go to
On reading: フ fu
Kun reading: おもむ（く） omomuku
Strokes: 9
Radical: 走 run
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đi tới, lên đường (phó)
Japanese: おもむく。むかっていく。
Korean: 향하다, 가다 (부)
Chinese: 前往、赴

Readings, words and example sentences

フ fu · on reading · less common

赴ふ任にん
moving to a new post (for work)
父が遠くへ 赴ふ任にんします。
My dad is being posted somewhere far away.

おもむ（く） omomuku · kun reading · less common

赴おもむく
to go, to head for (a place)
現地へ 赴おもむきます。
He heads to the site.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.