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踟

踟

Translingual

Han character

踟 (radical 157 足+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口一人大口 (RMOKR), four-corner 66100)

  1. hesitate, undecided
  2. embarrassed

References

  • KangXi: page 1228, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37645
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1700, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3717, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8E1F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 踟

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
彘 *l'eds
璏 *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled
薙 *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ
知 *ʔl'e
蜘 *te
智 *ʔl'es
鼅 *te
潪 *teɡs, *deɡ
踟 *de
雉 *l'iʔ
矢 *hliʔ
痴 *l̥ʰɯ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 踟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 直離切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ȡje/
Wang
Li		 /ȡǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chí
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 踟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chí
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ drje ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[d]re/
English 踟躕 *[d]re.[d]ro walk hesitatingly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 踟
Reading # 1/1
No. 11500
Phonetic
component		 矢
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 馳
Old
Chinese		 /*de/

Definitions

踟

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Compounds

  • 搔首踟躕／搔首踟蹰
  • 步踟躕／步踟蹰
  • 踟躅
  • 踟躕／踟蹰

Japanese

Kanji

踟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

踟 • ‎(ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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