徊

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

Translingual

Han character

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

1. linger, walk to and fro, hesitate, tarry

References

• KangXi: page 366, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10095
• Dae Jaweon: page 687, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 819, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5F8A

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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
• Min Nan (POJ): hôe / hoâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: huái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
    • Wade-Giles: huai²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe
    • Tâi-lô: huê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoâi
    • Tâi-lô: huâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /huai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huai²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦuʌi/▼

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
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

• 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

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Compounds

• 低徊
• 低徊不已
• 弭節徘徊／弭节徘徊

• 徊徨
• 徊翔

• 徘徊 (páihuái)
• 徘徊歧路

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hoâi

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

Definitions

徊

1. (Quanzhou Min Nan) those

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Japanese

Kanji

徊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かい (kai), え (e)
• Kun: さまよう (samayou)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

徊 (hồi, hòi)

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