帰

See also: 歸 and 归

Translingual

Traditional	歸
Shinjitai	帰
Simplified	归

Han character

帰 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中中尸一月 (LLSMB) or 戈竹尸一月 (IHSMB), four-corner 2702₇, composition ⿲丿丿帚(G) or ⿲丶丿帚(T) or ⿲丨丿帚(JK))

Related characters

• 歸 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 332, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8930
• Dae Jaweon: page 638, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 739, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5E30

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 歸 (⿱𠂤止 (duī zhǐ) → ⿰丨丿) originally found in the Yuan dynasty orthographic dictionary 《字鑑》.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 帰 – see 歸 (“to return; to come back to; to return to; to revert to; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 歸).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02075-005#31

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Japanese

Shinjitai	帰
Kyūjitai	歸

Kanji

帰

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 歸)

1. to return; to come back to

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: かえる (kaeru, 帰る, Jōyō); かえす (kaesu, 帰す, Jōyō); とつぐ (totsugu, 帰ぐ); おくる (okuru, 帰る)

Compounds

• 帰(き)京(きょう) (kikyō): to return to the capital (Tokyo)
• 帰(き)依(え) (kie): (Buddhism) refuge
• 帰(き)化(か) (kika): naturalization
• 帰(き)国(こく) (kikoku): to return to one's country
• 帰(き)宅(たく) (kitaku): to return home
• 帰(き)属(ぞく) (kizoku): (psychology) attribution
• 帰(き)省(せい) (kisei): homecoming; to return home
• 帰(き)納(のう) (kinō): inductive reasoning
• 帰(き)還(かん) (kikan): repatriation
• 帰(き)阪(はん) (kihan): to return to Osaka
• 帰(き)順(じゅん) (kijun): submission to a government or ruler