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徘 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「彳」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「彳」
On
ハイはい · hai
Kun
さまよ.うsamayo.u
Meaning
to wander

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Step 彳 with 非 as phonetic: to go back and forth with no destination.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 徘徊はいかい

    loitering; wandering about

  • 彷徨ほうこう

    roaming; straying

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

眠(ねむ)れずに夜(よる)の街(まち)を徘徊(はいかい)してしまった。

Unable to sleep, I ended up wandering the night streets.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

彷徨徘徊彷徨徘彷to wan…徊to wan…徨to wan…徂to go彿dimly…徇to pro…很to go…坏an ear…抔and so…孛comet怫vexed沛a down…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 彳Map of reading ハイAll maps

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