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N1- Onyomi
- フ
- Kunyomi
- おもむ(く)
- Stroke count
- 9
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 赴 down and you get 走 (run) — someone running along the road, and beside it 卜 (divining / mark) — a mark made to read what it means. Picture a milestone post standing beside the road, put 赴 inside it, and let that scene stand for "proceed to" — proceed to. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 9
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は9画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 9 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
赴任
funin
proceeding to a new post
赴任する
funinsuru
to do proceeding to a new post
赴任した
funinshita
plain past: did proceeding to a new post
赴任します
funinshimasu
polite: do proceeding to a new post
赴任中です
funinchuudesu
in the middle of proceeding to a new post
赴任しない
funinshinai
plain negative: does not do proceeding to a new post
Example sentences (2)
来月、シンガポールに赴任します。
らいげつ、しんがぽーる に ふにん します。
raigetsu, shingapooru ni funin shimasu.
I will take up a new post in Singapore next month.
単身赴任が長引くにつれて、家族と過ごす時間が減ってしまいました。
たんしん ふにん が ながびく に つれて、かぞく と すごす じかん が へって しまいました。
tanshin funin ga nagabiku ni tsurete, kazoku to sugosu jikan ga hette shimaimashita.
As the posting away from my family dragged on, the time I spend with them shrank.