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往 — to go; to; towards

to go; to; towards; bound for; past; previous

Pinyin
wǎng
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 往: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

往 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 往 in the HSK syllabus: 18

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 往wǎngto go; to; towards; bound for; past; previousHSK 2
  2. 往往wǎngwǎngusually; in many cases; more often than notHSK 4
  3. 交往jiāowǎngto associate; to have contact; to hang out; to dateHSK 5
  4. 前往qiánwǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go toHSK 5
  5. 往返wǎngfǎnto go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round tripHSK 5
  6. 来往láiwǎngto come and go; to have dealings withHSK 6
  7. 往后wǎnghòufrom now on; in the future; time to comeHSK 6
  8. 往来wǎngláidealings; contacts; to go back and forthHSK 6
  9. 往年wǎngniánin former years; in previous yearsHSK 6
  10. 向往xiàngwǎngto yearn for; to look forward toHSK 6
  11. 以往yǐwǎngin the past; formerlyHSK 6
  12. 过往guòwǎngto come and goHSK 7–9
  13. 礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎngláilit. proper behavior is based on reciprocityHSK 7–9
  14. 往常wǎngchángusual; customaryHSK 7–9
  15. 往日wǎngrìformer days; the pastHSK 7–9
  16. 往事wǎngshìpast events; former happeningsHSK 7–9
  17. 一如既往yìrú-jìwǎngjust as in the past; as before; continuing as alwaysHSK 7–9
  18. 勇往直前yǒngwǎng-zhíqiánto advance bravelyHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.