歸 U+6B78, 歸 ← 歷[U+6B77] CJK Unified Ideographs 歹 →[U+6B79]
歸 (Kangxi radical 77, 止+14, 18 strokes, Cangjie input 竹一尸一月 (HMSMB), four-corner 27127, composition ⿰⿱𠂤止帚)
- 巋, 蘬
- 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
trad. 歸 simp. 归 alternative forms
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.
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).
歸
- to return (to a place); to come back to
- to return to (a person, a status); to revert to
- to submit to; to seek patronage
- 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)
- to belong to
- (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
Usually written as 皈 in Buddhist terms (皈依 (guīyī), 三皈 (sānguī), 皈正, etc.).
For pronunciation and definitions of 歸 – see 愧 (“ashamed; conscience-stricken”).(This character is an obsolete form of 愧). For pronunciation and definitions of 歸 – see 饋 (“to present gift”).(This character is an obsolete form of 饋).
Shinjitai
帰
Kyūjitai
歸
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 帰)
- to return; to come back to
- 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)
歸 (eumhun 돌아갈 귀 (doragal gwi))
- hanja form? of 귀 (“to return, to go back”)
歸: Hán Nôm readings: qui, quy
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