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徊 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「彳」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
On
カイ・クワイ・エかい・くわい・え · kai · kuwai · e
Kun
さまよ.うsamayo.u
Meaning
to wander

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Step 彳 with 回 "to circle" as phonetic: to walk round and round.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 徘徊はいかい

    loitering; wandering about

  • 低徊ていかい

    pacing about in thought

More words with this kanji

  • 彽徊ていかい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夜更(よふ)けの街(まち)を徘徊(はいかい)していた。

They were wandering the streets late at night.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

低徊徘徊徊低low徘to wan…彷to wan…徂to go彿dimly…徇to pro…很to go…乂to mow夬to dec…丐to beg艾mugwor…价messen…
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Compound

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