彳

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See also: ㄔ
彳 U+5F73, 彳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F73
← 彲
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 彴 →
⼻ U+2F3B, ⼻
KANGXI RADICAL STEP
← ⼺
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼼ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

彳 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹人 (HO) or 難竹人 (XHO), four-corner 20202, composition ⿱丿亻 or ⿱𰀪丨)

  1. Kangxi radical #60, ⼻.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №34

Derived characters

Descendants

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 365, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10037
  • Dae Jaweon: page 684, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 811, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5F73

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 彳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彳
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Simplified from 行 – the left side of the character, which represents a street intersection as seen from above. See also the top component of 辵.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 彳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑亦切
Baxter trhjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰiæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰiajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰiɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭɛk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彳
Reading # 1/1
No. 1469
Phonetic
component 		彳
Rime
group 		錫
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		彳
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰeɡ/

Definitions

彳

  1. to walk slowly
  2. to step with the left foot
  3. to suddenly stop when walking

Compounds

See also

Japanese

Kanji

彳

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. The left "step" radical, called 行(ぎょう)人(にん)偏(べん) (gyōninben)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

彳 (eumhun 조금 걸을 척 (jogeum georeul cheok))

  1. walk slowly

References

Vietnamese

Han character

彳: Hán Việt readings: sách
彳: Nôm readings: sách

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References

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