Character data

RADICAL ⽌ (77.14)

STROKES 18

SIMPLIFIED 归

歸 guī

to return; to go back to; to belong to

Character data

Radical	⽌ (77.14)
Strokes	18
SIMPLIFIED	归

Definitions

歸 guī

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

Words containing 歸

Word	Meaning
一命歸天 yī mìng guī tiān	see 一命呜呼yī mìng wū hū
一命歸西 yī mìng guī xī	see 一命呜呼yī mìng wū hū
一命歸陰 yī mìng guī yīn	see 一命呜呼yī mìng wū hū
三歸依 sān guī yī	the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha)
不完全歸納推理 bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ	inference by incomplete induction
不醉不歸 bù zuì bù guī	to not go home until drunk (idiom)
久假不歸 jiǔ jiǎ bù guī	to fail to return a borrowed item
九九歸一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī	when all is said and done
九歸 jiǔ guī	abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
于歸 yú guī	(literary) (of a girl) to marry
于歸之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ	the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
劃歸 huà guī	to incorporate; to put under (external administration)
北回歸線 běi huí guī xiàn	Tropic of Cancer
南回歸線 nán huí guī xiàn	Tropic of Capricorn
同歸於盡 tóng guī yú jìn	to end in mutual destruction; to take sb down with oneself
同途殊歸 tóng tú shū guī	same road out, different ones back
命歸黃泉 mìng guī huáng quán	fig. to die; to meet one's end
回歸 huí guī	to return to; regression (statistics); to retreat
回歸年 huí guī nián	the solar year
回歸熱 huí guī rè	recurring fever
回歸線 huí guī xiàn	tropic
夜不歸宿 yè bù guī sù	to stay out all night (idiom)
姊歸縣 zǐ guī xiàn	Zigui county in Hubei province
完全歸納推理 wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ	inference by complete induction
完璧歸趙 wán bì guī zhào	return something safely to its owner

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