回 (huí): meaning and stroke order
回 (huí) means to circle, to go back, to turn around, to answer, to return, to revolve.
回
- Simplified
- 回
- Traditional
- 回, 迴, 逥
- Pinyin
- huí
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Stroke order of 回
回
- huí to circle; to go back
- huí to curve; to return
- huí variant of 迴|回[hui2]
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 迴
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Meaning of 回
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huí
- to circle
- to go back
- to turn around
- to answer
- to return
- to revolve
- Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- time
- classifier for acts of a play
- section or chapter (of a classic book)
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huí
Traditional 迴
- to curve
- to return
- to revolve
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huí
Traditional 逥
- variant of 迴|回[hui2]
Radical and structure
- 回
- Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 6 strokes · built from 囗 and 口
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 回
- 回来 huí lai to return; to come back
- 回国 huí guó to return to one's home country
- 回家 huí jiā to return home
- 回头 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- 带回 dài huí to bring back
- 回复 huí fù to recover; to revert; to return to (good health, normal condition etc); variant of 回覆[hui2 fu4]
- 收回 shōu huí to regain; to retake
- 回到 huí dào to return to
- 回首 huí shǒu to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- 回去 huí qu to return; to go back
- 回答 huí dá to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
回 in our stories
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她回家睡觉。
tā huí jiā shuìjiào
She goes home to sleep.
From the story Xiaoyue's day HSK 1
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晚上，小雨回家。
wǎnshang Xiǎoyǔ huí jiā
In the evening Xiaoyu goes home.
From the story Happy birthday HSK 1
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回家的路上，刘阳看见卖西瓜的，一句话也没说。
huí jiā de lù shàng Liú Yáng kànjiàn mài xīguā de yí jù huà yě méi shuō
On the way home Liu Yang sees the watermelon seller and doesn't say a word.
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
Stories using 回
- Xiaoyue's day HSK 1
- Happy birthday HSK 1
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- The river-snail girl HSK 4
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).