huí

to go back; to return; to turn around

HSK 1 #172

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 172nd character
Radical ⼞ (31.3)
Strokes 6
Index # 438

Definitions

回 huí
  1. 1. to go back
  2. 2. to return
  3. 3. to turn around
  4. 4. to answer
  5. 5. time
  6. 6. to circle
  7. 7. to revolve
  8. 8. to curve
  9. 9. Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
  10. 10. section or chapter (of a classic book)
  11. 11. classifier for acts of a play
  12. 12. variant of huí

Stroke order

回 stroke order diagram
回 stroke order animation

Words containing 回

Word Meaning
to retrieve
to reply; letter written in reply; to write back
to revoke; to recall; to retract
(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour
to reply
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
to return (an item); to send back; to go back
to recall (a product, an ambassador etc)
enter (computer key)
to return to one's home country
echo; reply; turn (ornament in music)
to redeem
to bring back
cycle; to reincarnate; reincarnation (Buddhism)
echo
to look back; to recollect; to turn around
next time; next chapter
to turn around; maneuvering room; leeway
memoir
to fight back; to counterattack; to return fire
to take back (forcibly); to win back; to recapture
return trip
to refuse; to turn down; to rebuff
to give sth in return; to return a compliment
to reflect on; to ponder over; aftertaste