歸
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guī · to return, to go back

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18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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止Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 歸

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Example sentences

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Wǒ bǎ wǒ de chéng gōng guī gōng wū tā.我把我的成功歸功於他。

I owe my success to him.

Source: Tatoeba #881834 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jiāng tā de chéng gōng guī wū hǎo yùn.他將他的成功歸於好運。

He owes his success to good luck.

Source: Tatoeba #882571 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiāng gǎng shì yījiǔ jiǔ qī nián huí guī zhōng guó de.香港是一九九七年迴歸中國的。

Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.

Source: Tatoeba #6144668 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā wú jiā kě guī.他無家可歸。

He has no house to live in.

Source: Tatoeba #346099 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nà zhī gǒu rì fù yí rì dì děng dài zhù zhǔ rén de guī lái.那隻狗日復一日地等待著主人的歸來。

The dog waited day after day for its master's return.

Source: Tatoeba #372168 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhǔ rén sǐ hòu jū zǐ guī shuí ne?主人死後車子歸誰呢?

Who does the car belong to when the owner dies?

Source: Tatoeba #1205881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 歸 in context

  1. Say guī, then recall the core meaning: to return, to go back.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 歸 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.