洄
huí

a back-water

Swirling 回 water 氵; 回 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
回
回 SoundMeaning component
huí return

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡuːl
Unicodehuəi

說文解字

㴑洄也。从水从回。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica