徊

徊 U+5F8A, 徊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F8A ← 徉 [U+5F89] CJK Unified Ideographs 律 → [U+5F8B]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 366, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10095
• Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huái (huai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hôe / hoâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huái
    • Wade–Giles: huai²
    • Yale: hwái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
    • Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe
    • Tâi-lô: huê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi
    • Tâi-lô: huâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huai⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj

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
Baxter	hwoj
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/

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

1. Only used in 徘徊 (páihuái).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 徊 – see 回 (“to turn around; to return; to go back; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 回).

Etymology 3

Possibly a contraction of 遐的 (hia-ê / hiah-ê).

Pronunciation

simp. and trad.		徊
alternative forms		怀

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoâi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi
    • Tâi-lô: huâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaai
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /huai²⁴/

Definitions

徊

1. (Hokkien) those

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 那些 (“those”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		那些
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	那些
	Taiwan	那些
	Ulanhot	那些
	Tongliao	那些
	Chifeng	那些
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	那些
	Harbin	那些
	Shenyang	那些
	Singapore	那些
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	那些
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	乜些
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	那些
	Wanrong	兀些
	Zhengzhou	那些
	Xi'an	那些, 兀些
	Xining	那些
	Xuzhou	那些
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	那些
	Bayanhot	那些
	Lanzhou	那些個, 那些
	Ürümqi	那些, 那些個
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	那些
	Wuhan	那些
	Guiyang	那些
	Kunming	那些
	Guilin	那些
	Liuzhou	那些
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	那些
	Yangzhou	那些
	Nantong	葛些
	Hefei	那些
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嗰啲
	Hong Kong	嗰啲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	嗰啲
	Foshan	嗰啲
	Foshan (Shunde)	呶啲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	呶啲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	嗰啲
	Taishan	嚀𠮨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嚀𠮨
	Dongguan	嗰啲
	Shaoguan	嗰啲
	Yunfu	嗰啲
	Yangjiang	那胒
	Xinyi	那搦
	Lianjiang	嗰啲
	Nanning	嚕啲
	Wuzhou	嚕啲
	Yulin	阿呢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	嗰啲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嗰啲
Gan	Nanchang	許些
	Lichuan	那多
	Pingxiang	那些
Hakka	Meixian	該兜
	Changting	該滴子, 該滴
	Wuping	該兜
	Ninghua	該些
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	該兜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	該兜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	該兜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	該兜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	該兜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	遐兜
	Hong Kong	該兜
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	該滴
	Sabah (Longchuan)	個滴
	Senai (Huiyang)	該兜
	Singkawang	該兜
Huizhou	Jixi	那號
	Shexian	那些
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	麼點兒
Jin	Taiyuan	兀些, 那些
	Xinzhou	未些兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	那些
	Linhe	那些
	Jining	那些
	Hohhot	那些
	Baotou	那些
	Dongsheng	那些
	Haibowan	那些
Northern Min	Jian'ou	兀多
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	付多
	Wuyishan	兀密
	Pucheng (Shibei)	兀多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	許下, 許滴囝
	Fuzhou (Changle)	許下
	Fuqing	許化兒
	Yongtai	許穧
	Gutian	許仂囝
	Fu'an	許隻
	Zhouning	許介乇
Southern Min	Xiamen	遐的
	Quanzhou	徊
	Zhangzhou	遐的
	Kaohsiung	遐的
	Yilan	遐的
	Changhua (Lukang)	徊
	Taichung	遐的
	Taichung (Wuqi)	徊
	Tainan	遐
	Taitung	遐的
	Hsinchu	遐的
	Penghu (Magong)	遐
	Singapore (Hokkien)	遐的, 徊, 彼徊
	Manila (Hokkien)	徊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	那些
	Chaozhou	許撮
	Shantou	許撮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	許撮
	Leizhou	哈寧
	Haikou	許多, 奚多
Puxian Min	Putian	許些
	Xianyou	許些
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	二啲, 二角啲
Wu	Shanghai	埃點, 埃眼, 埃面點, 埃面眼, 伊點, 伊眼
	Shanghai (Chongming)	個個一迅
	Suzhou	歸星, 彎星, 彎點星
	Wuxi	過些, 葛些
	Danyang	過許多
	Hangzhou	那些
	Ningbo	該眼, 該面一眼
	Wenzhou	許倈
	Jinhua	末些
Xiang	Changsha	那些
	Xiangtan	那些
	Loudi	偌滴
	Shuangfeng	偌滴
	Quanzhou	那些

Japanese

Kanji

徊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wander

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: さまよう (samayou, 徊う)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

徊: Hán Nôm readings: hồi, hòi

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