归 guī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 彐 — snout
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
归宿
guīsù
final destination; home; settlement
Characters in this word
宿 sù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 佰 hundred
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 对漂泊多年的诗人来说，故乡不再是地理概念，而是一种精神归宿。 Duì piāobó duō nián de shīrén lái shuō, gùxiāng bú zài shì dìlǐ gàiniàn, ér shì yì zhǒng jīngshén guīsù. For the poet who had wandered for many years, home was no longer a geographical idea but a spiritual resting place.
- 她希望在这座小城找到自己的归宿。 Tā xīwàng zài zhè zuò xiǎochéng zhǎodào zìjǐ de guīsù. She hopes to find her own place to settle in this small town.
- 对很多人来说，家就是最好的归宿。 Duì hěn duō rén lái shuō, jiā jiùshì zuì hǎo de guīsù. For many people, home is the best place to end up.
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
- 归属 guīshǔ to belong to; affiliation
- 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
- 宿舍 sùshè dormitory