Kanji
赴
N1
9 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1649
proceed, get, become, tend
On'yomi (音読み)
フ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
おもむ.く
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
赴任
ふにん
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
単身赴任
たんしんふにん
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family
赴任地
ふにんち
place of (new) post; (new) place of appointment
単身赴任者
たんしんふにんしゃ
employee posted away from their family
赴援
ふえん
going to save; reinforcing (e.g. troops)
海外赴任
かいがいふにん
overseas assignment; overseas posting
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
赴く
おもむく
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward
快方に赴く
かいほうにおもむく
to improve; to get better
盛大に赴く
せいだいにおもむく
to grow in prosperity
Example sentences
決心（けっしん）がつきかねたので、私（わたし）は感情（かんじょう）のおもむくままに行動（こうどう）した。
I couldn't decide what to do, so I just followed my heart.
しばしば、彼女（かのじょ）は自（みずか）ら赴（おもむ）かねばならなかった。
More often than not, she had to go in person.