# 迴

| 迴 | U+8FF4, &#36852; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FF4 |
| ← 迳 [U+8FF3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 迵 → [U+8FF5] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 迴 |
| Simplified | 回 |
| Japanese | 廻 |
| Korean | 廻 |

### Han character

迴 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜田口 (YWR), four-corner 3630$_0$, composition ⿺辶回)

#### Derived characters

* 𡏁, 𥔯, 𭝽, 𭱫

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1255, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38818
* Dae Jaweon: page 1739, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3828, character 13
* Unihan data for U+8FF4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 回 | *ɡuːl |
| 徊 | *ɡuːl |
| 茴 | *ɡuːl |
| 洄 | *ɡuːl |
| 迴 | *ɡuːl, *ɡuːls |
| 佪 | *ɡuːl |
| 蛔 | *ɡuːl |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huí (hui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wui$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): huòi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huí
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huéi
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^2$
*** Yale: hwéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei
*** Palladius: хуэй (xuej)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wui$^4$
*** Yale: wùih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wui$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wui$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuːi̯²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: huòi
*** Sinological IPA : /hui⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: hwoj, hwojH
Rime :
| Character | 迴 | 迴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 戸恢切 | 胡對切 |
| Baxter | hwoj | hwojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuʌi/ | /ɦuʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuoi/ | /ɦuoi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣuɒi/ | /ɣuɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwəj/ | /ɦwəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣuᴀi/ | /ɣuᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣuɒi/ | /ɣuɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuɑ̆i/ | /ɣuɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | huí | huì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wui$^4$ | wui$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷˤəj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːl/, /*ɡuːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 迴 |
| 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 | 迴 | 迴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5447 | 5450 |
| Phonetic component | 回 | 回 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 回 | 潰 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡuːl/ | /*ɡuːls/ |

### Definitions

迴
* to revolve; to rotate
* to avoid
* winding; tortuous
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 回 (huí, “to return; to go back”)

#### Compounds

* 九迴腸 / 九回肠
* 低迴 / 低回 (dīhuí)
* 六道輪迴 / 六道轮回
* 千迴百折 / 千回百折
* 千迴百轉 / 千回百转
* 圖書巡迴車 / 图书巡回车
* 峰迴路轉 / 峰回路转 (fēnghuílùzhuǎn)
* 得勝頭迴 / 得胜头回
* 德勝頭迴 / 德胜头回
* 房室結迴路 / 房室结回路
* 批迴 / 批回
* 星迴 / 星回
* 流風迴雪 / 流风回雪
* 生死輪迴 / 生死轮回
* 紆迴 / 纡回 (yūhuí)
* 縈迴 / 萦回
* 翾風迴雪 / 翾风回雪
* 蕩氣迴腸 / 荡气回肠
* 輪迴 / 轮回 (lúnhuí)
* 迂迴 / 迂回 (yūhuí)
* 巡迴 / 巡回 (xúnhuí)
* 巡迴公演 / 巡回公演
* 巡迴劇團 / 巡回剧团
* 巡迴大使 / 巡回大使
* 巡迴審判 / 巡回审判
* 迂迴曲折 / 迂回曲折 (yūhuíqūzhé)
* 迴光返照 / 回光返照 (huíguāngfǎnzhào)
* 迴匝 / 回匝
* 迴向 / 回向 (huíxiàng)
* 迴合 / 回合 (huíhé)
* 迴天 / 回天 (huítiān)
* 迴帶 / 回带
* 迴廊 / 回廊 (huíláng)
* 迴心 / 回心
* 迴文 / 回文 (huíwén)
* 迴文對 / 回文对
* 迴文織錦 / 回文织锦
* 迴文詩 / 回文诗
* 迴文錦 / 回文锦
* 迴斡 / 回斡
* 迴旋 / 回旋 (huíxuán)
* 迴旋曲 / 回旋曲 (huíxuánqǔ)
* 迴清倒影 / 回清倒影
* 迴環 / 回环 (huíhuán)
* 迴環轉折 / 回环转折
* 迴盪 / 回荡 (huídàng)
* 迴盲瓣 / 回盲瓣 (huímángbàn)
* 迴眸 / 回眸 (huímóu)
* 迴穴 / 回穴
* 迴紋針 / 回纹针 (huíwénzhēn)
* 迴繞 / 回绕
* 迴翔 / 回翔
* 迴聲探測 / 回声探测
* 迴腕 / 回腕
* 迴腸 / 回肠 (huícháng)
* 迴腸傷氣 / 回肠伤气
* 迴腸寸斷 / 回肠寸断
* 迴腸蕩氣 / 回肠荡气
* 迴蕩 / 回荡 (huídàng)
* 迴護 / 回护
* 迴車 / 回车
* 迴轉 / 回转 (huízhuǎn)
* 迴轉儀 / 回转仪
* 迴避 / 回避 (huíbì)
* 迴避學習 / 回避学习
* 迴雪 / 回雪
* 迴響 / 回响 (huíxiǎng)
* 迴頭 / 回头 (huítóu)
* 迴風 / 回风
* 迴飆 / 回飙
* 迴饋作用 / 回馈作用
* 迴首 / 回首 (huíshǒu)
* 週迴 / 周回
* 遷思迴慮 / 迁思回虑
* 遲迴 / 迟回
* 錦迴文 / 锦回文
* 高壓迴流 / 高压回流

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rotate
* revolve
* pin
* go around

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kun: めぐる (meguru)

## Korean
### Hanja

迴 • (hoe) (hangeul 회, revised hoe, McCune–Reischauer hoe, Yale hoy)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

迴: Hán Nôm readings: hồi
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