Read Edit View history 歸 guīGuī HSK4 return Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 𠂤 represents the sound while 止 and 帚 represent the meaning. Pinyin Separate values with commas guī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 归 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 歸 Simp strokes 歸 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 歸 Simp strokes 歸 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Alludes to soldiers sweeping away enemies when returning home victoriously. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 歸 Simp strokes 歸 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 歸 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 854 ], [ 311, 824 ], [ 270, 760 ], [ 210, 689 ] ], [ [ 164, 697 ], [ 184, 679 ], [ 194, 654 ], [ 188, 415 ], [ 193, 362 ] ], [ [ 211, 684 ], [ 226, 675 ], [ 367, 714 ], [ 395, 687 ], [ 376, 640 ], [ 355, 631 ] ], [ [ 220, 562 ], [ 240, 574 ], [ 345, 600 ], [ 399, 597 ] ], [ [ 218, 483 ], [ 237, 495 ], [ 353, 525 ], [ 372, 524 ], [ 398, 497 ], [ 376, 454 ], [ 360, 450 ] ], [ [ 218, 384 ], [ 238, 397 ], [ 348, 420 ], [ 396, 413 ] ], [ [ 274, 386 ], [ 306, 355 ], [ 305, 208 ], [ 289, 183 ] ], [ [ 337, 286 ], [ 343, 298 ], [ 364, 308 ], [ 399, 314 ], [ 421, 311 ] ], [ [ 132, 320 ], [ 171, 284 ], [ 183, 186 ], [ 183, 167 ], [ 172, 158 ] ], [ [ 79, 123 ], [ 130, 104 ], [ 444, 209 ] ], [ [ 533, 758 ], [ 556, 755 ], [ 614, 763 ], [ 726, 796 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482 793 502 Q 820 506 830 505 Q 846 501 844 491 Q 829 451 815 408 Q 822 405 837 416 Q 883 450 923 462 Q 956 472 954 481 Q 953 490 890 534 Q 866 552 802 535 Q 745 529 515 478 C 486 472 488 461 516 451 Q 535 441 558 447 Q 573 453 592 458 L 628 469 Z", "M 533 337 Q 530 341 526 343 Q 504 353 491 353 Q 481 350 485 341 Q 509 287 482 213 Q 464 179 492 146 Q 496 136 505 140 Q 526 159 531 212 Q 535 279 538 304 C 541 330 541 330 533 337 Z", "M 667 331 Q 754 352 767 341 Q 779 332 779 298 Q 778 265 779 224 Q 780 196 770 182 Q 766 173 745 178 Q 697 182 695 181 Q 691 177 705 167 Q 748 130 774 100 Q 787 88 802 95 Q 812 99 821 122 Q 839 159 835 205 Q 829 305 838 340 Q 845 355 837 363 Q 818 375 785 388 Q 767 395 753 387 Q 723 374 668 361 L 616 350 Q 577 344 533 337 C 503 332 508 301 538 304 Q 547 304 558 306 Q 589 313 616 319 L 667 331 Z", "M 616 319 Q 616 228 613 104 Q 610 -52 627 -73 Q 631 -80 639 -78 Q 654 -69 658 -16 Q 658 -15 667 331 L 668 361 Q 669 394 677 423 Q 680 439 667 448 Q 642 466 628 469 C 600 480 582 486 592 458 Q 602 430 615 400 Q 615 376 616 350 L 616 319 Z" ] } 18 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.