回

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Han character 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 See also 3.1.3 Compounds 3.2 Noun 3.3 Counter 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Alternative forms

• 囬
• 囘

[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形): rotation

[edit] Han character

回 (radical 31 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田口 (WR), four-corner 6060₀)

1. return, turn around
2. a time

[edit] Derived terms

• 洄, 徊, 蛔, 廻, 佪, 恛, 痐, 迴, 茴, 㐭, 𩫖, 𠬸

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 216, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4690
• Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 712, character 2
• Unihan data for U+56DE

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

回 (Yale wui4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

回 (grade 2 kanji)

1. turn

[edit] Readings

• On: かい (kai), え (e)
• Kun: まわす (mawasu), まわる (mawaru), かえる (kaeru)

[edit] See also

• 廻 (this is the older spelling of at least some senses or homonyms)

[edit] Compounds

• 回送
• 回虫
• 回転
• 回復
• 回廊
• 低回

[edit] Noun

回 (hiragana かい, romaji kai)

1. time, occasion
2. turn, round
3. (baseball, softball) inning

[edit] Counter

回 (hiragana かい, romaji kai)

1. times: counter for repetitions

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

回 (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune-Reischauer hoe)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

回 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin huí)

1. [literary] chapter
2. Hui (ethnic group, language)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

回 (*huəi)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

回 (hồi, hòi)