徊
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used in 徘徊[pai2 huai2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 彳 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 徊
- Common rank
- #5,761
- Unicode
- U+5F8A
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Formation & memory
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How 徊 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To pace 彳 back and forth 回; 回 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
undecided · Heisig RSH #1996
queue + 回 return
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 徊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徘徊 | to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate |