# 徊

| 徊 | U+5F8A, &#24458; 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 2620$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 回 | *ɡuːl |
| 徊 | *ɡuːl |
| 茴 | *ɡuːl |
| 洄 | *ɡuːl |
| 迴 | *ɡuːl, *ɡuːls |
| 佪 | *ɡuːl |
| 蛔 | *ɡuːl |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huái (huai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hôe / hoâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): huai$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huái
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huái
*** Wade–Giles: huai$^2$
*** Yale: hwái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai
*** Palladius: хуай (xuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$
*** Yale: wùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: huai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huâi
*** Sinological IPA : /huai⁵⁵/
* 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 | wui$^4$ |
* 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
* 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

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

#### Definitions

徊
* (Hokkien) those

##### Synonyms

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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* 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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