Kanji

赴

赴

proceed, get, become, tend

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

走部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

フ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おもむく

Nanori (Name Reading)

はや, ゆく

Common Readings

フ, おもむ…く

Example sentences

赴く おもむく
事件 の 現場 に 赴く 。

Go to the scene of the incident.

牽衣頓足 けんいとんそく
戦地 へ 赴く 息子 を 前 に 、 母親 は 牽衣頓足 して 別れ を 惜しんだ 。

Standing before her son who was heading to the front lines, the mother clung to his clothes and stamped her feet in deep sorrow, unable to say goodbye.

赴任 ふにん
彼 は 大阪 に 赴任 した 。

He was transferred to Osaka.

僻遠 へきえん
彼 は 都 から 離れた 僻遠 の 地 に 赴任 した 。

He was assigned to a remote land far from the capital.

Example Vocabulary

赴く

おもむく

to go; to proceed; to repair to

赴任

ふにん

transfer (to a new post); to move to a new assignment

単身赴任

たんしんふにん

海外赴任

かいがいふにん

赴任地

ふにんち

単身赴任者

たんしんふにんしゃ

快方に赴く

かいほうにおもむく

盛大に赴く

赴援

ふえん

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