迴

See also: 廻, 逥, and 回

迴 U+8FF4, 迴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FF4 ← 迳 [U+8FF3] CJK Unified Ideographs 迵 → [U+8FF5]

Translingual

Traditional	迴
Simplified	回
Japanese	廻
Korean	廻

Han character

迴 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田口 (YWR), four-corner 3630₀, composition ⿺辶回)

Derived characters

• 𡏁, 𥔯, 𭝽, 𭱫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38818
• Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3828, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8FF4

Chinese

trad.		迴
simp.		回*
alternative forms		廻 逥 廽

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
回	*ɡuːl
徊	*ɡuːl
茴	*ɡuːl
洄	*ɡuːl
迴	*ɡuːl, *ɡuːls
佪	*ɡuːl
蛔	*ɡuːl

Characters in the same phonetic series (回) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	迴	迴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	戸恢切	胡對切
Baxter	hwoj	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦuʌi/	/ɦuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦuoi/	/ɦuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɒi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwəj/	/ɦwəjH/
Li Rong	/ɣuᴀi/	/ɣuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/ɣuɒi/	/ɣuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣuɑ̆i/	/ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huí	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wui4	wui6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huí
Middle Chinese	‹ hwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ʷˁəj/
English	go around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	迴	迴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5447	5450
Phonetic component	回	回
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	回	潰
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːl/	/*ɡuːls/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huí (hui²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): huòi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huéi
    • Wade–Giles: hui²
    • Yale: hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei
    • Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wui⁴
    • Yale: wùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hui⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: hwoj, hwojH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/, /*ɡuːls/

Definitions

迴

1. to revolve; to rotate
2. to avoid
3. winding; tortuous
4. ^† Alternative form of 回 (huí, “to return; to go back”)

Compounds

• 九迴腸／九回肠
• 低迴／低回 (dīhuí)
• 六道輪迴／六道轮回
• 千迴百折／千回百折
• 千迴百轉／千回百转
• 圖書巡迴車／图书巡回车
• 峰迴路轉／峰回路转 (fēnghuílùzhuǎn)
• 得勝頭迴／得胜头回
• 德勝頭迴／德胜头回
• 房室結迴路／房室结回路
• 批迴／批回
• 星迴／星回
• 流風迴雪／流风回雪
• 生死輪迴／生死轮回
• 紆迴／纡回 (yūhuí)
• 縈迴／萦回
• 翾風迴雪／翾风回雪
• 蕩氣迴腸／荡气回肠
• 輪迴／轮回 (lúnhuí)
• 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí)
• 巡迴／巡回 (xúnhuí)
• 巡迴公演／巡回公演
• 巡迴劇團／巡回剧团
• 巡迴大使／巡回大使
• 巡迴審判／巡回审判
• 迂迴曲折／迂回曲折 (yūhuíqūzhé)
• 迴光返照／回光返照 (huíguāngfǎnzhào)
• 迴匝／回匝
• 迴向／回向 (huíxiàng)
• 迴合／回合 (huíhé)
• 迴天／回天 (huítiān)
• 迴帶／回带
• 迴廊／回廊 (huíláng)
• 迴心／回心
• 迴文／回文 (huíwén)
• 迴文對／回文对
• 迴文織錦／回文织锦
• 迴文詩／回文诗
• 迴文錦／回文锦
• 迴斡／回斡
• 迴旋／回旋 (huíxuán)
• 迴旋曲／回旋曲 (huíxuánqǔ)
• 迴清倒影／回清倒影
• 迴環／回环 (huíhuán)
• 迴環轉折／回环转折
• 迴盪／回荡 (huídàng)
• 迴盲瓣／回盲瓣 (huímángbàn)
• 迴眸／回眸 (huímóu)
• 迴穴／回穴
• 迴紋針／回纹针 (huíwénzhēn)
• 迴繞／回绕
• 迴翔／回翔
• 迴聲探測／回声探测
• 迴腕／回腕
• 迴腸／回肠 (huícháng)
• 迴腸傷氣／回肠伤气
• 迴腸寸斷／回肠寸断
• 迴腸蕩氣／回肠荡气
• 迴蕩／回荡 (huídàng)
• 迴護／回护
• 迴車／回车
• 迴轉／回转 (huízhuǎn)
• 迴轉儀／回转仪
• 迴避／回避 (huíbì)
• 迴避學習／回避学习
• 迴雪／回雪
• 迴響／回响 (huíxiǎng)
• 迴頭／回头 (huítóu)
• 迴風／回风
• 迴飆／回飙
• 迴饋作用／回馈作用
• 迴首／回首 (huíshǒu)
• 週迴／周回
• 遷思迴慮／迁思回虑
• 遲迴／迟回
• 錦迴文／锦回文
• 高壓迴流／高压回流

 

Japanese

Kanji

迴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. rotate
2. revolve
3. pin
4. go around

Readings

• Go-on: え (e)^{←ゑ (we, historical)}
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: めぐる (meguru)

Korean

Hanja

迴 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

迴: Hán Nôm readings: hồi

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