回

See also: 何, 向, 同, and 迴
回 U+56DE, 回
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56DE
← 囝
[U+56DD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囟 →
[U+56DF]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

回 (radical 31, 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田口 (WR), four-corner 60600, composition ⿴囗口)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 216, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4690
  • Dae Jaweon: page 422, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 712, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+56DE

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 回
variant forms 囬
囘

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 回
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (回) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
回 *ɡuːl
徊 *ɡuːl
茴 *ɡuːl
洄 *ɡuːl
迴 *ɡuːl, *ɡuːls
佪 *ɡuːl
蛔 *ɡuːl

Pictogram (象形) : rotation (originally a spiral).

Etymology 1
“Hui”
From earlier name 回回 (huíhuí), variant of 回鶻／回鹘 (Huíhú), from Old Turkic 𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰆𐰺‎ (uygur). Doublet of 維吾爾／维吾尔 (Wéiwú'ěr).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • hôe - literary;
  • hêr/hê - vernacular.
Rime
Character 回
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 戸恢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦuʌi/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦuoi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwəj/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuᴀi/
Wang
Li		 /ɣuɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣuɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 huí
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 回
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 回
Reading # 1/1
No. 5443
Phonetic
component		 回
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 回
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡuːl/

Definitions

回

  1. to turn around
  2. to return; to go back
  3. to surround
    alt. forms: 迴 (1~3)
  4. to reply; to respond; to answer
  5. to decline; to refuse
  6. to avoid
    alt. forms: 迴
  7. to redo; to do again
  8. Classifier for chapters.
  9. Classifier for number of occurrences of events: times
    alt. forms: 迴
  10. (～族) Hui ethnic group
Synonyms
  • (to return):
Dialectal synonyms of 回 (“to return; to come or go back to”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 回, 歸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 回
Mandarin Beijing 回
Taiwan 回
Chengdu 轉, 回
Cantonese Guangzhou 返
Hong Kong 返
Taishan 返
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 轉
Liudui (S. Sixian) 歸
Hsinchu (Hailu) 轉
Dongshi (Dabu) 轉
Hsinchu (Raoping) 轉
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 轉
Min Nan Xiamen 轉
Quanzhou 轉
Zhangzhou 轉
Taipei 轉
Kaohsiung 轉
Tainan 轉
Taichung 轉
Hsinchu 轉
Lukang 轉
Sanxia 轉
Yilan 轉
Kinmen 轉
Magong 轉
Penang 轉
Chaozhou 轉
Shantou 轉
Wu Wenzhou 走……轉

Compounds
Derived terms from 回

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 回 – see 迴 (“to revolve; to rotate; to return; to go back; etc.”).
(This character, 回, is the simplified form of 迴.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
回

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. turn

Readings

See also
  • 廻 (this is the older spelling of at least some senses or homonyms)

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
回
まわ(り)
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Counter

回 (hiragana まわり, rōmaji -mawari)

  1. a turn, times around something

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
回
かい
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 回 (MC ɦuʌi).

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Counter

回 (hiragana かい, rōmaji -kai, historical hiragana くわい)

  1. occurrences
    一 (いっ)週 (しゅう)間 (かん)に二 (に)回 (かい)
    isshūkan ni nikai
    twice a week
  2. innings in baseball, games, rounds

Noun

回 (hiragana かい, rōmaji kai, historical hiragana くわい)

  1. time, occasion
  2. turn, round
  3. (baseball, softball) inning

Affix

回 (hiragana かい, rōmaji kai, historical hiragana くわい)

  1. turn; revolve
  2. return; go back
  3. time; occasion
  4. Hui; Islam
  5. Alternative form of 蛔 (kai, “roundworm; intestinal worm”)
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
回
え
Grade: 2
goon

From Middle Chinese 回 (MC ɦuʌi).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Affix

回 (hiragana え, rōmaji e, historical hiragana ゑ)

  1. turn; turn around

Korean

Hanja

回 • (hoe) (hangeul 회)

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Vietnamese

Han character

回 (hồi, hòi)

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