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歸

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See also: 帰 and 归
歸 U+6B78, 歸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B78
← 歷
[U+6B77] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 歹 →
[U+6B79]

Translingual

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Han character

歸 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹一尸一月 (HMSMB), four-corner 27127, composition ⿰⿱𠂤止帚)

Derived characters

  • 𠐽, 𱜔, 𱝺, 𢹾, 𭳶, 𣠗, 𬵻, 𧢫, 巋, 蘬, 𥍁, 𧢦, 𧰥

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 578, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16349
  • Dae Jaweon: page 968, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1446, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+6B78
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (追) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𠂤 (“ancient form of 師 (“troops”)”) + 帚 (“broom; sweep”) – to eradicate the enemy and return.

Some analyse the 帚 component in the oracle bone script as a ligature of 止 (“to stop, to cease”) and 方 (“peripheral tribes”), i.e. “(of tribes in the periphery) to cease enmity and submit”.

A 止 (“foot”) or 辵 (“walking”) component was further added in the bronze inscriptions.

Shuowen deems 𠂤 to be the phonetic component of this character.

Etymology 1

Starostin and Schuessler (2007) consider this a possible derivative of 回 (OC *ɡuːl, “to revolve; to return”). Compared with Tibetan འཁོར ('khor, “circle; turn; to turn round; to return”) by Xue (2001) and Wang (2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • 1jy - colloquial (歸去);
  • 1kue - literary.
  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

歸

  1. to return (to a place); to come back to
  2. to return to (a person, a status); to revert to
  3. to submit to; to seek patronage
  4. to tend towards; to converge
    三三歸九／三三归九 [Cantonese]  ―  saam1 saam1 gwai1 gau2 [Jyutping]  ―  three time three equals nine (rhyme)
  5. to belong to
  6. (between identical words) to be regardless of; to treat separately
    吵架歸吵架／吵架归吵架  ―  chǎojià guī chǎojià  ―  despite the quarreling
Usage notes

Usually written as 皈 in Buddhist terms (皈依 (guīyī), 三皈 (sānguī), 皈正, etc.).

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come/go back”) [map]
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Dialectal synonyms of 歸 (“to be regardless of; to treat separately”) [map]
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Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 歸 – see 愧 (“ashamed; conscience-stricken”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 愧).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 歸 – see 饋 (“to present gift”).
(This character is an obsolete form of 饋).
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Japanese

Shinjitai

 帰

Kyūjitai

 歸

Kanji

歸

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 帰)

  1. to return; to come back to

Readings

  • Go-on: き (ki)
  • Kan-on: き (ki)
  • Kun: かえる (kaeru, 歸る)、かえす (kaesu, 歸す)、とつぐ (totsugu, 歸ぐ)、おくる (okuru, 歸る)

Korean

Hanja

歸 (eumhun 돌아갈 귀 (doragal gwi))

  1. hanja form? of 귀 (“to return, to go back”)

Vietnamese

Han character

歸: Hán Nôm readings: qui, quy

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