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徊

徊

Translingual

Han character

徊 (radical 60 彳+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹人田口 (HOWR), four-corner 26200, composition ⿰彳回)

  1. linger, walk to and fro, hesitate, tarry

References

  • KangXi: page 366, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10095
  • Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 819, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5F8A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 徊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (回) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
回 *ɡuːl
徊 *ɡuːl
茴 *ɡuːl
洄 *ɡuːl
迴 *ɡuːl, *ɡuːls
佪 *ɡuːl
蛔 *ɡuːl

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 徊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦuoi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwəj/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huí
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 徊
Reading # 1/1
No. 5444
Phonetic
component		 回
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 回
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡuːl/

Definitions

徊

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Compounds

  • 低徊
  • 低徊不已
  • 弭節徘徊／弭节徘徊
  • 徊徨
  • 徊翔
  • 徘徊 (páihuái)
  • 徘徊歧路

Japanese

Kanji

徊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

徊 • ‎(hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune-Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

徊 (hồi, hòi)

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