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归
歸
Guī
1. surname Gui
Very Common • Top 2% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

归
guī
to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
HSK 5 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

九归
jiǔguī
abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
划归
huàguī
to incorporate
回归
huíguī
to return to
复归
fùguī
to return
东归
dōngguī
lit. to return east
荣归
róngguī
to return home with honor
归仁
Guīrén
Kueijen township in Tainan county [[台南縣|台南县<Táinánxiàn>]], Taiwan
归并
guībìng
to put together
归依
guīyī
to convert to (a religion)
归侨
guīqiáo
returnees
归入
guīrù
to assign (to a class)
归公
guīgōng
to commandeer
归功
guīgōng
to give credit
归化
Guīhuà
old name for district of Hohhot city [[呼和浩特<Hūhéhàotè>]], Inner Mongolia
归化
guīhuà
naturalization
归口
guīkǒu
to return to one's original trade
归向
guīxiàng
to turn toward
归咎
guījiù
to blame
归国
guīguó
to go home (to one's native country)
归天
guītiān
to die

Alternate Entries

归
guī
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
932
Word Frequency Rank
1,523 of 84,292

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