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彳

chì
kangxi_radical

Meanings

  1. 1 step / left-foot radical (Kangxi #60)
  2. 2 indexing radical for characters about walking and roads
  3. 3 to take small steps (classical, only in 彳亍)

Tips

history
彳 is the left half of an intersection — paired with 亍 (chù, the right half) to write 彳亍 (chìchù), a literary term for ambling slowly. As a radical it nearly always sits on the left of a character, which is why teachers nickname it 双人旁 (two-person side).
usage
彳 marks motion and roads: 行 (walk/row), 往 (go toward), 很 (very, originally 'follow'), 得 (obtain), 律 (law), 微 (minute/subtle), 街 (street). Spotting it tells you the character likely involves traveling or paths.

Radical

Step Kangxi #60

Stylized image of a left-side crossroads, with 亍 mirroring it on the right. As a Kangxi radical 彳 indexes characters relating to walking, roads, and human conduct — 行, 往, 律, 得, 徒, 街, 徽. Highly productive on the left edge of compounds; nearly always semantic rather than phonetic.

Used in

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很 hěn
very · quite
得 de
structural particle (verb-complement marker) · links a verb or adjective to a following complement of degree, result, or possibility
得 dé
to obtain; to get · to gain; to receive
得 děi
must; have to · need to; ought to
待 dài
to wait · to treat
待 dāi
to stay · to remain

Stroke Order

彳 chì