彽

Translingual

Han character

彽 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹人竹心一 (HOHPM), four-corner 2224₀, composition ⿰彳氐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 365, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10069
• Dae Jaweon: page 685, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 817, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5F7D

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Chinese

trad.		彽
simp. #		彽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (氐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
低	*tiːl
氐	*tiːl, *til
袛	*tiːl
羝	*tiːl
眡	*tiːl, *djilʔ
岻	*tiːl, *dil
奃	*tiːl
趆	*tiːl, *tiːls
柢	*tiːl, *tiːlʔ, *tiːls
邸	*tiːlʔ
底	*tiːlʔ
詆	*tiːlʔ, *diːl
坻	*tiːlʔ, *tjelʔ, *dil
抵	*tiːlʔ
牴	*tiːlʔ
觝	*tiːlʔ
弤	*tiːlʔ
軧	*tiːlʔ
骶	*tiːls
砥	*tjelʔ, *tjil, *tjilʔ, *tjils
胝	*til
疷	*til
秪	*til
泜	*dil
蚳	*dil
彽	*dil
阺	*dil
貾	*dil
祗	*tjil
厎	*tjilʔ, *tjɯʔ
茋	*tjilʔ
鴟	*tʰjil
汦	*kjeʔ, *tjil

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dī (di¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: di
    • Wade–Giles: ti¹
    • Yale: dī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: di
    • Palladius: ди (di)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dai¹
    • Yale: dāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drij

Rime
Character	彽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直尼切
Baxter	drij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji/
Li Rong	/ȡji/
Wang Li	/ȡi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*dil/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彽
Reading #	1/1
No.	2267
Phonetic component	氐
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	墀
Old Chinese	/*dil/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 彽

1. ^‡ Only used in 彽徊 (dīhuái, “to linger; to hover around”).

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Japanese

Kanji

彽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Not generally used in Japanese.

1. to wander about, to roam; to be unsettled; to be lost: さまよう (samayou), more commonly spelled 彷徨う or さ迷う

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai); じ (ji)
• Kan-on: てい (tei); ち (chi)
• Kun: さまよう (samayou, 彽う)

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Korean

Hanja

彽 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

1. waver
2. wander