彳

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

See also: ㄔ

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

彳 (radical 60 彳+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹人 (HO) or X竹人 (XHO), four-corner 2020₂)

1. Kangxi radical #60, ⼻.
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №34

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/彳

Descendants

• ㄔ

Related characters

• 亍

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		彳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彳
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Simplified from 行 – the left side of the character.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chì (chi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhit
• Min Nan (POJ): chhek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik¹
    • Yale: chīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit
    • Hakka Romanization System: qid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qid⁵
    • IPA: /t͡ɕʰit̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek
    • Tâi-lô: tshik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʈʰiᴇk̚/▼

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
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

• 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

Compounds

• 單單彳／单单彳

• 彳亍 (chìchù)

• 彳部

See also

• 雙人旁／双人旁 (shuāngrénpáng)

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Japanese

Kanji

彳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. The left "step" radical, called 行人偏 (gyōninben)

Readings

• Goon: 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, historical)}; たたずむ (tatazumu, 彳む)

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Korean

Hanja

彳 • (cheok) (hangeul 척, revised cheok, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏk, Yale chek)

1. walk slowly

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: sách

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