徘
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used in 徘徊[pai2 huai2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 徘
- Common rank
- #5,763
- Unicode
- U+5F98
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
irresolute · Heisig RSH #2635
queue + jail cell
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 徘
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 |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 非 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 非 sound part | not, negative, non-; to oppose | |
| 排 | row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove | |
| 悲 | sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry | |
| 菲 | fragrant; rich, luxuriant; the Philippines | |
| 辈 | generation, lifetime; contemporary | |
| 啡 | coffee; morphine | |
| 匪 | bandits, robbers, gangsters | |
| 斐 | graceful, elegant, beautiful | |
| 腓 | leg, calf; to wither, to decay | |
| 蜚 | cockroach | |
| 翡 | kingfisher; jade, emerald | |
| 俳 | actor; vaudeville show; insincere | |
| 鲱 | herring | |
| 扉 | door panel | |
| 痱 | heat rash; prickly heat; ulcers | |
| 绯 | crimson, scarlet; purple | |
| 诽 | to condemn, to slander, to vilify | |
| 裴 | flowing gown; surname | |
| 悱 | overcome with emotion; at a loss for words |