Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 归


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Meaning

to go back, to return, to resign, conclude

Pronunciation

guī

Explanation

Left: knife , right: hand /; simplified from 帰 or 歸. Showed originally a man with a sword who returns to his wife (=hand with broom)

Mnemonic

When the man with a sword is at his wife (today: hand without broom) he has returned.

Radicals

cut(It is typically at the right side of the character.)
hand
hand(originally a snoot (of pig), but here used as a hand.)
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Vocabulary

归纳 guī nà to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)
归还 guī huán to return sth; to revert
归结 guī jié to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
归根结蒂 guī gēn jié dì ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
归咎 guī jiù blame; declare to be at fault
避其锐气击其惰归 bì qí ruì qì jī qí duò guī avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws
归真返璞 guī zhēn fǎn pú to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state


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