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
回头
huítóu
to turn back; later
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你别回头。 Nǐ bié huítóu. Do not turn back.
- 我回头看你。 Wǒ huítóu kàn nǐ. I turn back to look at you.
- 回头再说吧。 Huítóu zài shuō ba. Let’s talk about it later.