EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to proceed according to; to repair to; to betake oneself to

    決心がつきかねたので、私は感情のおもむくままに行動した。
    I couldn't decide what to do, so I just followed my heart.
  2. to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.)

  3. to abide by; to agree to; to consent to; to obey

    Archaic

Also written 趣く【おもむく】趨く【おもむく】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

proceed, get, become, tend

Kun
おもむ.く
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1649 of 2500
Radical
run
WaniKani
Level 55

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Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-7-2SKIP code
3b6.14The Kanji Dictionary
4380.0Four corner code
1470deroo
8d74Unicode hex code
1-41-75JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4540Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5847New Nelson (John Haig)
3303New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4095Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2078Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2816Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
386Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
412Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1864A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1797Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37040Morohashi
1751A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1465Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1560Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1789Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1296Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1075Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1754Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
392Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
55WaniKani level