(guī)

HSK 45 strokesTrad.

surname Gui

Stroke order animation

Character information

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

Origin & structure

Where 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

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form : foot

How to write step by step

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

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Words with

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

huíguī
HSK 7-9

to return to

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to mend one's ways (idiom)

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guīlái
HSK 7-9

to return

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jiǔguī

abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)

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guī

(literary) (of a girl) to marry

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huàguī

to incorporate; to put under (external administration)

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