彳亍

See also: 行

Chinese
step with left foot step with right foot
simp. and trad.
(彳亍)		 彳 亍

Glyph origin

Decomposition of 行 (“to walk”).

Etymology 1

Cognate with 躑躅 (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 躊躇 (OC *du da), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty → hesitant".

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 彳 亍
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 徹 (10) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 清 (123) 鍾 (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 丑亦切 丑玉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈʰiᴇk̚/ /ʈʰɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈʰiɛk̚/ /ʈʰiok̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶʰiæk̚/ /ȶʰiok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈʰiajk̚/ /ʈʰuawk̚/
Li
Rong		 /ȶʰiɛk̚/ /ȶʰiok̚/
Wang
Li		 /ȶʰĭɛk̚/ /ȶʰĭwok̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶʰi̯ɛk̚/ /ȶʰi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chi chu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cik1 cuk1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彳 亍
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 1469 1615
Phonetic
component		 彳 亍
Rime
group		 錫 屋
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 彳 梀
Old
Chinese		 /*tʰeɡ/ /*tʰoɡ/

Verb

彳亍

  1. (literary) to walk in fits and starts; to take small steps; to amble
  2. (literary, figurative) to hesitate; to waver; to be hesitant

Synonyms
  • (to hesitate):
Synonyms of 彳亍

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 彳亍 – see 𨑨迌 (“to play; to toy with; etc.”).
(This term, 彳亍, is a variant form of 𨑨迌.)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
彳 亍
てき
Hyōgaiji		 ちょく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 彳亍 (MC ʈʰiᴇk̚ ʈʰɨok̚). The characters arose by splitting 行 (“to walk”) in two; traditionally the halves have been glossed "left foot" and "right foot".[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

彳(てき)亍(ちょく) • (tekichoku) 

  1. walking in fits and starts
  2. standing still

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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