HSK 1 · Coming & going

回

huí

to return; to go back

Stroke order of 回

回 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A small box inside a big box "囗": you keep circling back home to the center.

Parts: 囗 enclosure inside a larger 囗 enclosure

Example sentence

我想回家。

I want to go home.

Words with 回

回家to go home 回答to answer 回到to return to 回来to come back 回去to go back 回国to return to one's country

More words: Coming & going

来to come 去to go 出to go out; to exit 进to enter 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 出来to come out 出去to go out 进来to come in 进去to go in 回来to come back 回去to go back 走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

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