彳

彳 · chì

step with left foot; rad. no 60

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chì
Cantonese
cik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

step with left foot; rad. no 60

Dictionary definitions & readings

彳 chì · step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60); see also 彳亍 chì chù

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
20811.010:chì,fú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0147.010:chì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
046.110:chì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chì粵cik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テキ チャク ホク フク ぎょうにんべん Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
丑亦 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HO Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2020.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0365.010 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
520.03 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5F73
Radical
彳 · 60
Strokes
3
Residual strokes
0
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6503

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

3 strokes
彳
Strokes
3
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

3 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
trhjek · 丑亦 · 梗開三入清徹 · #3667

PHONO-ML, source line 19069; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
509.303
kDaeJaweon
0684.220
kFennIndex
73.10
kHanYu
20811.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0684.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20811.010
kIRGKangXi
0365.010
kKangXi
0365.010
kMatthews
1044
kMorohashi
10037
kNelson
1595
kSBGY
520.03
kSMSZD2003Index
211.16
kCangjie
HO
kFenn
0K
kFourCornerCode
2020.2
kHDZRadBreak
⼻[U+2F3B]:20811.010
kMojiJoho
MJ011276
kPhonetic
174 435
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
CJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-615C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-C94C
kIRG_JSource
J0-5746
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4208
kIRG_KSource
K2-3143
kIRG_TSource
T2-212C
kRSUnicode
60.0
kTotalStrokes
3
kBigFive
C94C
kCCCII
222979
kCNS1986
2-212C
kCNS1992
2-212C
kEACC
222979
kGB0
6560
kGB1
6560
kJis0
5538
kMainlandTelegraph
1761
kTGH
2013:6503
kTaiwanTelegraph
1761
kXerox
315:127
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4785+60.3.0
kCantonese
cik1
kDefinition
step with left foot; rad. no 60
kFanqie
丑亦
kHanyuPinyin
20811.010:chì,fú
kJapanese
テキ チャク ホク フク ぎょうにんべん
kJapaneseOn
TEKI
kMandarin
chì
kSMSZD2003Readings
chì粵cik1
kTGHZ2013
046.110:chì
kXHC1983
0147.010:chì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 彳44forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𰀪 above 丨 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱𰀪丨$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𰀪丨$(GHTJKP)

^⿱㇒亻$(X)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.