赴

Mandarin · pinyin fù

Meanings

  1. to go
  2. to visit (e.g. another country)
  3. to attend (a banquet etc)
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赴
fù · go to; attend, be present
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4 · fu4

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fu6

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

  1. to go to
  2. to get to; to attend; to visit
  3. to jump into
  4. to join
  5. to accord with
  6. to swim
  7. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 訃 /讣 (fù, “to give obituary”)
  8. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 仆 (“to topple and fall forward”)
  9. a surname, Fu

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