归(guī)

HSK 45 strokesTrad. 歸

surname Gui

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Character information

Pinyin
guī
Meaning
surname Gui
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
歸

Origin & structure

Where 归 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰？彐

Simplified form of 歸; a wife 帚 returning home; 追 provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

彐jì

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 歸: foot

How to write 归 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 归

Common words using 归 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

huí回guī归
HSK 7-9

to return to

Open 回归 page →
gǎi改xié邪guī归zhèng正
HSK 7-9

to mend one's ways (idiom)

Open 改邪归正 page →
guī归lái来
HSK 7-9

to return

Open 归来 page →
jiǔ九guī归

abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)

Open 九归 page →
yú于guī归

(literary) (of a girl) to marry

Open 于归 page →
huà划guī归

to incorporate; to put under (external administration)

Open 划归 page →
yī一mìng命guī归xī西

see 一命呜呼

Open 一命归西 page →
yī一mìng命guī归yīn阴

see 一命呜呼

Open 一命归阴 page →

Related characters

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 归’s common words

回改邪正来九于划

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