回huí

回

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Simplified Chinese

Modern simplified form (簡體). 回 (huí, "to return") remains unchanged from traditional — a clever pictograph of one mouth inside another, suggesting the act of going in and coming back out. It appears as a component in 回路 (circuit), 回答 (reply), and 回顾 (review), among others.

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Shuowen

回, the oracle bone form shows a square enclosure with a curved line inside, resembling a swirling vortex. The pictograph originally represented a circling motion, signifying 'to return' or 'to revolve'. The shape of the outer box and inner loop encodes the idea of a loop or circuit, later extended to mean 'to reply' and 'to go back'.

Pinyin

huí· HSK 1

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