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回 huí — “to return”

How to write and say the Chinese character 回 (huí), which means to return — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Come & go.

Pinyin · 拼音 huí
Meaning · 意思 to return
Strokes · 笔画 6
Radical · 部首 囗 (enclosure)
Hear it · 听发音
Watch it drawn stroke by stroke →

Stroke order笔顺

回 is written with 6 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: originally, a spiral signifying return.

A common word常用词

回huí家jiā

go home

Example sentence例句

放fàng学xué了le,回huí家jiā吃chī饭fàn。

School's out — home for dinner.

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