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
to merge; to put together; to add
converted to (religion)
with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
to gather; to rake together; to pile up
to submit
Angelica sinensis
return to one's roots; go back home in the end
the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha)
inference by incomplete induction
to not go home until drunk (idiom)
to fail to return a borrowed item
when all is said and done
abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
(literary) (of a girl) to marry
the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
same road out, different ones back
fig. to die; to meet one's end
the solar year
recurring fever
to stay out all night (idiom)
Zigui county in Hubei province
inference by complete induction