徨
huáng

doubtful

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 皇 represents the sound.

Components

彳
彳 Meaning component
chì, fú walk

彳 is a component form of 行.

皇
皇 Sound component
huáng royal

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwang[ɢ]ʷˤaŋ彷徨 bang.hwang hesitate
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang