归 guī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
归来
guīlái
to return; to come back
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 多年后他携带一身伤痕归来，故乡却已被高楼和公路重塑。 Duōnián hòu tā xiédài yì shēn shānghén guīlái, gùxiāng què yǐ bèi gāolóu hé gōnglù chóngsù. Years later, he returned bearing scars all over, only to find that his hometown had been reshaped by tower blocks and roads.
- 出海的渔民平安归来，家人都在码头等着。 Chūhǎi de yúmín píng'ān guīlái, jiārén dōu zài mǎtóu děngzhe. The fishermen returned safely from the sea, and their families were all waiting at the dock.
- 春天到了，燕子从南方归来。 Chūntiān dào le, yànzi cóng nánfāng guīlái. Spring has come, and the swallows return from the south.
Related words
- 归 guī to return; to belong to
- 归还 guīhuán to return
- 改邪归正 gǎixiéguīzhèng to abandon evil and return to the right path
- 归根到底 guīgēndàodǐ in the final analysis; ultimately
- 归结 guījié to attribute to; to sum up as
- 归纳 guīnà to summarise; to induce
- 归属 guīshǔ to belong to; affiliation
- 归宿 guīsù final destination; home; settlement
- 归于 guīyú to attribute to; to return to
- 回归 huíguī to return; to regress
- 无家可归 wújiākěguī homeless; with no home to return to
- 出来 chūlái to come out