彳 chì step


Made with 3 strokes.

Originally a picture of a cross-roads, current form can be thought of as a person taking a stride

Ancient small seal form Small seal

Sounds same

赤 chì (red)

Different tone

吃 chī (to eat) ; 齿 chǐ (tooth)

Radical

Index 60 used in: 得 dé (get) ; 德 dé (virtue) ; 很 hěn (very) ; 徽 huī (emblem) ; 往 wǎng (towards) ; 行 xíng (permitted) ; 征 zhēng (journey)

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stroke order for 彳
Stroke order for character 彳, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚