回
to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #188 U+56DE
How 回 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Originally, a spiral signifying return
How to remember it
return · Heisig RSH #554
pent in + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 回 as their sound component
These characters all use 回 (huí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回 sound component | huí | to return, to turn around; a time |
| 茴 | huí | fennel, aniseed |
| 蛔 | huí | tapeworm |
Words containing 回
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头一回 | tóu yī huí | the first time; for the first time |
| 回天无力 | huí tiān wú lì | see 無力回天|无力回天[wu2 li4 hui2 tian1] |
| 无力回天 | wú lì huí tiān | (idiom) powerless to save the situation; unable to avert disaster |
| 海马回 | hǎi mǎ huí | (Tw) (anatomy) hippocampus |
| 一回事 | yī huí shì | one and the same (thing); one thing (as distinct from another) |
| 回南天 | huí nán tiān | weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during… |
| 回国 | huí guó | to return to one's home country |
| 回头 | huí tóu | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by |
| 头回 | tóu huí | for the first time; on the previous occasion; last time (something occurred) |
| 不当一回事 | bù dàng yī huí shì | not regard as a matter (of any importance) |
| 回民区 | Huí mín Qū | Huimin, a district of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 回老家 | huí lǎo jiā | to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestor… |
| 回天 | huí tiān | to reverse a desperate situation |
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 回头路 | huí tóu lù | the road back to where one came from |
| 大通回族土族自治县 | Dà tōng Huí zú Tǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn | Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, in Xining City 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4], Qinghai |
| 回族人 | Huí zú rén | Hui person; member of Hui ethnic group living across China |
| 上回 | shàng huí | last time; the previous time |
| 管城回族区 | Guǎn chéng Huí zú Qū | Guancheng Hui District, a district of Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan |
| 回电 | huí diàn | to call sb back (on the phone); a return call; to reply to a telegram; to wire back; a rep… |