回 (huí) · to return

回 (huí) means “to return”. It is made of 囗 + 口 and has 6 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 回 into its parts

What 回 is made of

• 囗 wéi — enclosure
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 口 kǒu — mouth
  • 冂 — frame
    • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 一 — horizontal stroke

Origin hint: Originally, a spiral signifying return (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

回 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 回

• 回答huídáto answer
• 回到huídàoto return to
• 回家huíjiāto go home
• 回来huílaito come back
• 回去huíquto go back
• 回国huíguóto return to one's country
• 回复huífùto reply
• 收回shōuhuíto take back
• 回忆huíyìto recall
• 回报huíbàoto repay
• 回避huíbìto avoid
• 回顾huígùto look back
• 回收huíshōuto recycle
• 挽回wǎnhuíto retrieve
• 回信huíxìnto write back

Also built with 囗

• 四sìfour
• 因yīncause
• 团tuángroup
• 园yuángarden
• 困kùnsleepy
• 围wéito surround
• 固gùto solidify
• 国guócountry
• 图túpicture
• 圆yuánround
• 圈quāncircle
• 西xīwest

Quick facts

Questions about 回