# 彳

| 彳 | U+5F73, &#24435; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F73 |
| ← 彲 [U+5F72] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 彴 → [U+5F74] |
| ⼻ | U+2F3B, &#12091; KANGXI RADICAL STEP |
| ← ⼺ [U+2F3A] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼼ → [U+2F3C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彳 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹人 (HO) or 難竹人 (XHO), four-corner 2020$_2$, composition ⿱丿亻 or ⿱𰀪丨)
* Kangxi radical #60, ⼻.
* 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

* 亻

### 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
### 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, which represents a street intersection as seen from above. See also the top component of 辵.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chì (chi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cik$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhit
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qid$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chìh
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^4$
*** Yale: chr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyh
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cik$^1$
*** Yale: chīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhit
*** Hakka Romanization System: qid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qid$^5$
*** 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/
* Middle Chinese: trhjek
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 |
| Baxter | trhjek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cik$^1$ |
* 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
* to walk slowly
* to step with the left foot
* 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* The left "step" radical, called 行(ぎょう)人(にん)偏(べん) (gyōninben)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
* Kan-on: てき (teki)
* Kun: ぎょうにんべん (gyōninben, 彳)、たたずむ (tatazumu, 彳む)

## Korean
### Hanja

彳 (eumhun 조금 걸을 척 (jogeum georeul cheok))
* walk slowly

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 彳

## Vietnamese
### Han character

彳: Hán Việt readings: sách
彳: Nôm readings: sách
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* Nom Foundation