赴 means “proceed, head for”

おもむく · omomuku

Also: get, become, tend

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): おもむく
On'yomi (Chinese reading): フ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

Running (走) toward 卜, an oracle's crack: picture a messenger hurrying where the omens send him. 赴く is to set out for a place, and 単身赴任 is a very Japanese arrangement: a worker posted to another city while the family stays home.

Used in 赴く (omomuku, to proceed/head for), 赴任 (funin, taking up a post), and 単身赴任 (tanshinfunin, a posting away from one's family)

赴 means “proceed, head for”

The story

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