彳

See also: ㄔ

彳 U+5F73, 彳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F73 ← 彲 [U+5F72] CJK Unified Ideographs 彴 → [U+5F74]

⼻ U+2F3B, ⼻ KANGXI RADICAL STEP ← ⼺ [U+2F3A] Kangxi Radicals ⼼ → [U+2F3C]

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

• Appendix:Chinese radical/彳
• 行, 𠝨, 𠞾, 𪎓, 幑, 鰴, 黴, 𨑠, 𦱿, 𡽪, 潃, 屜, 㞛, 屦, 屧, 屨

Descendants

• ㄔ (Zhuyin character)

Related characters

• 亍

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.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chì (chi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qid⁵

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴
    • Yale: chr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyh
    • Palladius: чи (či)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik¹
    • Yale: chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
    • Tâi-lô: tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjek

Rime
Character	彳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	清 (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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cik1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeɡ/

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

• 單單彳／单单彳
• 彳亍 (chìchù)
• 彳部

 

See also

• 雙人旁／双人旁 (shuāngrénpáng)

Japanese

Kanji

彳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)^{←ちやく (tyaku, historical)}
• Kan-on: てき (teki)
• Kun: ぎょうにんべん (gyōninben, 彳)^{←ぎやうにんべん (gyauninben, 彳, historical)}; たたずむ (tatazumu, 彳む)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. walk slowly

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 彳

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

• Nom Foundation