徘

徘 U+5F98, 徘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F98 ← 得 [U+5F97] CJK Unified Ideographs 徙 → [U+5F99]

Translingual

Han character

徘 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人中一卜 (HOLMY), four-corner 2121₁, composition ⿰彳非)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 368, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10141
• Dae Jaweon: page 692, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 827, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5F98

Chinese

trad.		徘
simp. #		徘

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (非) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
啡	*pʰɯːlʔ
排	*brɯːl
俳	*brɯːl
輫	*brɯːl, *buːl
悲	*prɯl
棑	*breː, *brɯːls
輩	*puːls
裴	*buːl, *bɯl
徘	*buːl
琲	*buːlʔ
痱	*buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls
非	*pɯl
扉	*pɯl
緋	*pɯl
猆	*pɯl
斐	*pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ
馡	*pɯl
騑	*pɯl, *pʰɯl
誹	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls
餥	*pɯl, *pɯlʔ
匪	*pɯlʔ
棐	*pɯlʔ
蜚	*pɯlʔ, *bɯls
篚	*pɯlʔ
榧	*pɯlʔ
鯡	*pɯls
霏	*pʰɯl
菲	*pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls
婔	*pʰɯl
裶	*pʰɯl
悱	*pʰɯlʔ
奜	*pʰɯlʔ
腓	*bɯl, *bɯls
陫	*bɯlʔ
屝	*bɯls
厞	*bɯls
翡	*bɯls

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pái (pai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bai²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pái
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pái
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²
    • Yale: pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pair
    • Palladius: пай (paj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pui⁴
    • Yale: pùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâi
    • Tâi-lô: pâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pai⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: bwoj

Rime
Character	徘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄回切
Baxter	bwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/buoi/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəj/
Li Rong	/buᴀi/
Wang Li	/buɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	péi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pui4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*buːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	徘
Reading #	1/1
No.	3072
Phonetic component	非
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	裴
Old Chinese	/*buːl/

Definitions

徘

1. Only used in 徘徊 (páihuái, “walk back and forth, hesitate”).

Compounds

• 弭節徘徊／弭节徘徊
• 徘徊
• 徘徊歧路

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “徘”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 170.

Japanese

Kanji

徘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ばい (bai)
• Kan-on: はい (hai)
• Kun: さまよう (samayou, 徘う)

Korean

Hanja

徘 • (bae) (hangeul 배, revised bae, McCune–Reischauer pae, Yale pay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

徘: Hán Nôm readings: bồi

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