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
回首
huíshǒu
to look back; to recall
Characters in this word
首 shǒu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 首 — chief, head, leader
- Made of
- 丷 horns 自 self
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 回首这十年的改革，他承认最难的不是技术，而是观念。 Huíshǒu zhè shí nián de gǎigé, tā chéngrèn zuì nán de bú shì jìshù, ér shì guānniàn. Looking back on these ten years of reform, he admitted that the hardest part was not technology, but mindsets.
- 回首往事，他觉得自己这一生没有白过。 Huíshǒu wǎngshì, tā juéde zìjǐ zhè yìshēng méiyǒu bái guò. Looking back on the past, he feels his life has not been lived in vain.
- 毕业那天，我回首望了一眼熟悉的校园。 Bìyè nà tiān, wǒ huíshǒu wàng le yì yǎn shúxī de xiàoyuán. On graduation day, I turned and took one more look at the familiar campus.