还(hái)

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 還
Readingsháihuán

surname Huan

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Character information

Pinyin
hái / huán
Meaning
surname Huan
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
還

Origin & structure

Where 还 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿺辶不

Not 不 moving 辶

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

Made of

辶chuò不bù

Parts are arranged enclosing from the lower left.

How to write 还 step by step

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

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Words with 还

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

cháng偿huán还
HSK 7-9

to repay; to reimburse

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guī归huán还
HSK 7-9

to return sth

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tǎo讨jià价huán还jià价
HSK 7-9

to haggle over price

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fǎn返huán还
HSK 7-9

restitution

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huán还yuán原
HSK 7-9

to restore to the original state

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jiāo交huán还

to return sth; to hand back

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huí回hái还

to return

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zhà乍nuǎn暖hái还hán寒

(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold

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Related characters

More HSK 1 characters

一七三上下不东两

From 还’s common words

偿归讨价返原交回

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