Memory phrase for the Kanji: 归


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Meaning to go back, to return, to resign, conclude

Pronunciation

guī

Explanation

Left: knife , right: hand /; simplified from 帰 or 歸. Showed originally a man with a sword who returns to his wife (=hand with broom)

Mnemonic


 
When the man with a sword is at his wife (today: hand without broom) he has returned.

Radicals

cutIt is typically at the right side of the character.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
handTraditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.
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 Vocabulary

 归纳  guī nà  to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)
 归还  guī huán  to return sth; to revert
 归结  guī jié  to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
 归根结蒂  guī gēn jié dì  ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
 归咎  guī jiù  blame; declare to be at fault
 避其锐气击其惰归  bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī  avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws
 归真返璞  guī zhēn fǎn pú  to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state
 归真返璞  guī zhēn fǎn pú  


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