guī

to return; to go back to; to belong to

HSK 5 #933

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 933rd character
Radical ⼹ (58.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 234
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

归 guī
  1. 1. to return
  2. 2. to go back to
  3. 3. to belong to
  4. 4. (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
  5. 5. to give back to
  6. 6. to gather together
  7. 7. (used between two identical verbs) despite
  8. 8. surname Gui
  9. 9. to marry (of a woman) (old)
  10. 10. division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Stroke order

归 stroke order diagram
归 stroke order animation

Words containing 归

Word Meaning
fame follows merit (idiom)
guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc)
to classify as; to include; to assign (to a class)
return something safe and intact
to bring to justice
to return from abroad; to go home (to one's native country)
to not be afraid of dying
to surrender and pay allegiance to
to return home with honor
different paths to the same goal
the way back; one's journey home
return crestfallen after defeat
to incorporate; to put under (external administration)
to return from a rewarding journey
to lose everything one invested (idiom)
to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
to return; to come back
to leave early and return late (idiom)
to convert to (a religion); refuge; to rely upon
to die
homeward journey; return trip
to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state
tropic