回(huí)

HSK 16 strokes

to circle

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Character information

Pinyin
huí
Meaning
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book)
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 回 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿴囗口

Originally, a spiral signifying return

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

Made of

囗wéi口kǒu

Parts are arranged enclosing.

How to write 回 step by step

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

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Words with 回

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

huí回lái来
HSK 1

to return; to come back

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huí回dào到
HSK 1

to return to

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huí回qù去
HSK 1

to return

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huí回xìn信
HSK 5

to reply

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lái来huí回
HSK 7-9

to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly

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yī一huí回shì事
HSK 7-9

one and the same (thing)

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huí回shēng升
HSK 7-9

to rise again after a fall

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huí回wèi味
HSK 7-9

to call to mind and ponder over

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Related characters

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一七三上下不东两

From 回’s common words

来到去信一事升味

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