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
concave reflector (e.g. in spotlight)
concave reflector (e.g. in spotlight)
to answer back
turn-based (gaming)
lingering in memory; (fig.) memorable
receipt
erhua variant of huí dān
erhua variant of huí dān
to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
every time; time and again
cobalt blue; Mohammedan blue
to return to one's home country
receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)
receipt
receipt
(in) return; payback; to reciprocate
to backfill
self-inking stamp
fig. to reverse a desperate situation
unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
to fail to save the situation
to give a return present; to return a compliment
(of a wife) to return to her parental home
to be fired; (coll.) (Tw) to get sacked