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彷 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「彳」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
On
ホウほう · hō
Kun
さまよ.うsamayo.u
Meaning
to wander

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Step 彳 with 方 as phonetic: to walk about with no destination.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 彷徨ほうこう

    wandering; roaming

  • 彷彿ほうふつ

    vividly recalling; resembling

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

答(こた)えを求(もと)めて長(なが)く彷徨(ほうこう)した。

They wandered long in search of an answer.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

彷彿彷徨彷彿dimly…徨to wan…徂to go徊to wan…很to go…徇to pro…徘to wan…匚box ra…泛to flo…抔and so…苹duckwe…苞a brac…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 彳Map of reading ホウAll maps

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