懂中文 Dong Chinese

归

guī

return

Simplified form of 歸. Phonosemantic compound. 𠂤 represents the sound while 止 and 帚 represent the meaning.

Components
刂 simplified component

刂  Simplified component

dāo

  

knife

Shorthand for the 𠂤 component in the traditional character 歸.

彐 simplified component

彐  Simplified component

jì

  

snout

Shorthand for the 帚 component in the traditional character 歸.

Evolution

归 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
归 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
归 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
归 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
归 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
归 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

归 (歸) 

guī

return; return to, revert to; to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

归 (歸) 

Guī

surname Gui

Most common words with 归
Freq.
Word
Meaning

归

to return

回归

to return to

无家可归

homeless

归还

to return sth

归属

to belong to

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

岿