徉 (yáng): (in 徜徉) to wander at leisure; t…

Meanings

假日里，他们徜徉在古镇的街巷。

Jiàrì lǐ, tāmen chángyáng zài gǔzhèn de jiēxiàng.

On the holiday they wandered freely through the old town's streets.

徜徉于自然能放松心情。

Chángyáng yú zìrán néng fàngsōng xīnqíng.

Strolling at leisure in nature relaxes the mind.

usage

Bound; it appears only in 徜徉 ('to wander at leisure'). It never stands alone in modern Chinese.

radical

彳 chì

step; to walk (radical)

The step radical, the walking sense behind 'roam'. It pairs this character with its companion 徜.

phonetic

羊 yáng

sheep; phonetic

Sheep, supplying the sound yáng with an exact match. It is purely phonetic; the same element gives 洋 (ocean) and 样 (kind).

徉 yáng