归
guī
to return
surname Gui; 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
a picture of 归 → returning home, coming back to where you belong
彐 is a stylized hand or claw reaching downward, evoking the act of pulling something back toward oneself. The character as a whole grew from the image of returning home — a broom or hand sweeping back to a resting place.
天黑了，孩子们该归家了。
tiān hēi le, hái zi men gāi guī jiā le。
It's dark, the children should return home now.
这件事归你负责，不能推给别人。
zhè jiàn shì guī nǐ fù zé, bù néng tuī gěi bié rén。
This matter is your responsibility to handle; you can't push it onto someone else.
Words with 归
归天
guī tiān
to die
当归
dāng guī
Angelica sinensis
归途
guī tú
the way back
归零
guī líng
to reset to zero
归宿
guī sù
place to return to
转归
zhuǎn guī
(of ownership, custody etc) to be transferred to
不归路
bù guī lù
road to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
秭归
zǐ guī
see 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4]
递归
dì guī
recursion
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 (idiom)
铩羽而归
shā yǔ ér guī
(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions