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洄
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a back-water

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
huí
カイ
さかの.ぼる
Swirling 回 water 氵; 回 also provides the pronunciation
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 回 return =
洄 a back-water
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
回 Meaning component
huí return
to curve
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Notes
Similar Characters
沒 not have (trad)没 not (simp)泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
洄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
洄 [huí]
eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
洄游 [huí​yóu] #51,266
(of fish) to migrate
沿洄 [yán​huí]
to go with the stream
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
回遊 [かいゆう] #62,606
excursion