回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
回家
huíjiā
to go home
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我想回家。 Wǒ xiǎng huí jiā. I want to go home.
- 你什么时候回家？ Nǐ shénme shíhou huí jiā? When are you going home?
- 我们一起回家吧。 Wǒmen yìqǐ huí jiā ba. Let's go home together.