徨 (huáng): (in 彷徨) to pace back and forth;…

Meanings

他在十字路口焦虑地彷徨。

Tā zài shízì lùkǒu jiāolǜ de pánghuáng.

He paced anxiously back and forth at the crossroads.

面对选择，她迷茫彷徨了很久。

Miànduì xuǎnzé, tā mímáng pánghuáng le hěn jiǔ.

Faced with the choice, she felt lost and wavered for a long time.

usage

Bound; it appears only in 彷徨 ('to pace back and forth; to waver'), describing physical pacing or, more often, mental hesitation and aimlessness.

radical

彳 chì

step; to walk (radical)

The step radical, a stylized left-foot stride. It marks words about walking and movement, the same family as 彷 and 徘.

phonetic

皇 huáng

emperor; phonetic

Emperor, supplying the sound huáng with an exact match. It is purely phonetic; the same element gives 凰 and 惶.

徨 huáng