归

• 拼音: guī
• 汉字拆解: 归 = simplified from 歸; left side 彐 represents seeking, right side 帚 (broom) — returning home to sweep the house

含义

To return; to go back; to belong to. Indicates going back to a place of origin or assigning ownership or responsibility.

Used in many compound words: 归还 (return something), 归来 (come back), 回归 (return/revert), 归属 (belong to). Can express both physical return and abstract concepts of belonging or attribution. Also used in 归纳 (to summarise/induce) in academic contexts.

例句

1. 他在国外留学五年后终于归来了。
2. 这件事应该归谁负责？
3. 鸟儿到了秋天就会归南方去。

用法指南

语境: formal writing, everyday, literature

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 这本书应该归还给图书馆。(This book should be returned to the library.)
• 最终的决定权归你。(The final decision belongs to you.)

错误说法

• 我明天归家 (This sounds literary — in everyday speech, use 回家 instead of 归家)

起源与历史

Originally written with the character showing a woman returning to her husband's family after marriage, later generalised to mean any kind of return.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal