回

See also 何, 向, and 同

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 囬
• 囘

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): rotation

Han character

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

1. Hui people, one of 56 ethnic groups in People's Republic of China
2. return, turn around
3. a time

Derived terms

• 洄, 徊, 蛔, 廻, 佪, 恛, 痐, 迴, 茴, 㐭, 𩫖, 𠬸

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

回 (Yale wui4)

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Japanese

Kanji

回 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. turn

Readings

• On: カイ (kai), エ (e)
• Kun: まわす (mawa-su), まわる (mawa-ru), めぐる (megu-ru), めぐらす (megu-rasu)

See also

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

Compounds

• 今回
• 回送
• 回虫
• 回転
• 回復
• 回廊
• 低回

Etymology 1

Counter

回 (hiragana まわり, romaji mawari)

1. a turn, times around something

Etymology 2

Counter

回 (hiragana かい, romaji kai)

1. occurrences
2. innings in baseball, games, rounds

Noun

回 (hiragana かい, romaji kai)

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Noun

回 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin huí)

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

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Middle Chinese

Han character

回 (*huəi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

回 (hồi, hòi)