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come back

HSK 10 N3
guī
かえ.る、かえ.す、おく.る、とつ.ぐ
귀, 궤
Phonosemantic compound. 𠂤 represents the sound while 止 and 帚 represent the meaning.
Components
Traditional (歸)
𠂤 store+ stop+ broom =
come back
𠂤 Phonetic component
duī store
to store up, to pile up
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Meaning component
zhǐ stop
stop, halt, desist
Meaning component
zhǒu broom
variant of 帚[zhǒu]
Alludes to soldiers sweeping away enemies when returning home victoriously.
Simplified (归)
Simplified component
dāo knife (side)
knife
Shorthand for the 𠂤 component in the traditional character 歸.
Simplified component
snout
Shorthand for the 帚 component in the traditional character 歸.
Japanese (帰)
broom =
come back
broom
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [Guī]
surname Gui
/ [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
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