迴

See also: 廻 and 回

Translingual

Han character

迴 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田口 (YWR), four-corner 3630₀, composition ⿺辶回)

Derived characters

• 𡏁, 𥔯, 𭝽, 𭱫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38818
• Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3828, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FF4

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Chinese

trad.		迴
simp.		回*
alternative forms		廻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (回) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
回	*ɡuːl
徊	*ɡuːl
茴	*ɡuːl
洄	*ɡuːl
迴	*ɡuːl, *ɡuːls
佪	*ɡuːl
蛔	*ɡuːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huí (hui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéi
    • Wade–Giles: hui²
    • Yale: hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj, hwojH

Rime
Character	迴	迴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸恢切	胡對切
Baxter	hwoj	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/	/ɦuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/	/ɦuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/	/ɦwəjH/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/	/ɣuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/	/ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4	wui6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/, /*ɡuːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huí
Middle Chinese	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/
English	go around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	迴	迴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5447	5450
Phonetic component	回	回
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	回	潰
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/	/*ɡuːls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 迴

1. to revolve; to rotate
2. to return; to go back See also: 回
3. winding

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Japanese

Kanji

迴

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. rotate
2. revolve
3. pin
4. go around

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)

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Korean

Hanja

迴 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 迴 (hồi)

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