彳亍

See also: 行くだり

Chinese

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

Glyph origin

Decomposition of 行くだり (“to walk”).

Etymology 1

Cognate with 躑躅つつじ (OC *deɡ doɡ), 踟躕 (OC *de do), 躊躇ちゅうちょ (OC *du da), all meaning "walking slowly or with difficulty → hesitant".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìchù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik¹ cuk¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): qid⁵ cog⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìchù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhchù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-chʻu⁴
    • Yale: chr̀-chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhchuh
    • Palladius: чичу (čiču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik¹ cuk¹
    • Yale: chīk chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁷ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig¹ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qid⁵ cog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰit̚¹ t͡sʰɔk̚¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjek trhjowk

Rime
Character	彳	亍
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	徹とおる (10)	徹とおる (10)
Final (韻いん)	昔むかし (123)	燭しょく (8)
Tone (調しらべ)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	丑うし亦また切きり	丑うし玉たま切きり
Baxter	trhjek	trhjowk
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰeɡ  tʰoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	彳	亍
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	1469	1615
Phonetic component	彳	亍
Rime group	錫すず	屋や
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

Derived terms

• 彳亍噉轉／彳亍噉转

 

Synonyms

• (to hesitate):

edit

• 反はん顧／反はん顾 (fǎngù) (literary)
• 彷徨ほうこう (pánghuáng) (figurative)
• 徘徊はいかい (figurative)
• 拿不ふ定じょう主意しゅい (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
• 游ゆう移うつり (yóuyí)
• 猶なお疑うたぐ／犹疑 (yóuyí)
• 猶豫ゆうよ／犹豫 (yóuyù)
• 疑うたぐ蟯／疑うたぐ蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 盤ばん桓／盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
• 膩／腻 (nyi⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 躊躇ちゅうちょ／踌躇 (chóuchú)
• 巡めぐ巡めぐ (xúnxún) (literary)
• 逡巡しゅんじゅん (qūnxún) (literary)
• 遲疑ちぎ／迟疑 (chíyí)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 彳亍 – see 𨑨迌 (“to play; to have a good time; to have fun; to spend time socially to hang out; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 𨑨迌).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 彳亍 – see 行くだり (“to walk; to go; etc.”). (This term is an Internet slang variant form of 行くだり).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彳	亍
てき Hyōgai	ちょく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 彳亍 (MC trhjek trhjowk). The characters arose by splitting 行くだり (“to walk”) in two; traditionally the halves have been glossed "left foot" and "right foot".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てきちょく [tèkíchókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [te̞kʲit͡ɕo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

彳(てき)亍(ちょく) • (tekichoku) 

1. walking in fits and starts
2. standing still

See also

• 行くだり(こう) (kō)
• 佇(たたず)む (tatazumu, “stand still”)
• 躑躅つつじ(てきちょく) (tekichoku, “hesitation”)