漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
帰: homecoming, arrive at
Also: lead to, result in
JLPT N410 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
- 刂knife(form)
- 帚(form)
刂 and 帚 are drawn in
10 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 帰国するきこくするreturn to one's own country
- 帰宅するきたくするreturn home
- 復帰するふっきするcome back
- 帰国きこく
- 復帰ふっき
かえるkaeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 帰るかえるgo home, go back
- 日帰りひがえりday trip
かえすkaesu · kun'yomi
- 帰すかえすto send (someone) back
Also read おくる, とつぐ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)𠂤 ancient form of 師 (“troops”) + 帚 broom; sweep
To eradicate the enemy and return.
Source: Wiktionary, 歸 (rev. 93418370), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fresh from the loom! This radical represents the soft, woven materials we use every day—from a simple "towel" to a grand "banner" carried into battle.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side帰 homecoming · 刂
vs婦 lady · 女In ChineseSimplified 归 · traditional 歸 · guī
Three different forms: Japanese 帰, simplified 归, traditional 歸.
- Simplified
- 归 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 歸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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