归 guī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
归属
guīshǔ
to belong to; affiliation
Characters in this word
属 shǔ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 尸 — body, corpse
- Made of
- 尸 body, corpse 禹 legendary Hsia dynasty founder
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 争议海域的资源开发权最终应归属哪一方，仍需依据国际法判定。 Zhēngyì hǎiyù de zīyuán kāifā quán zuìzhōng yīng guīshǔ nǎ yì fāng, réng xū yījù guójìfǎ pàndìng. Which side the resource development rights in the disputed waters should ultimately belong to still needs to be determined according to international law.
- 这幅画的归属问题，家人们讨论了很久。 Zhè fú huà de guīshǔ wèntí, jiārénmen tǎolùn le hěn jiǔ. The family discussed for a long time who should get this painting.
- 这片草地归属于村里的每一户人家。 Zhè piàn cǎodì guīshǔ yú cūn lǐ de měi yí hù rénjiā. This meadow belongs to every household in the village.
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
- 归来 guīlái to return; to come back
- 归纳 guīnà to summarise; to induce
- 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
- 家属 jiāshǔ family members