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洄

huí

Character

What 洄 means

1. eddying
2. whirling (of water)
3. to go against the current

Words starting with 洄

• 洄游huí yóu(of fish) to migrate

Words containing 洄

• 沿洄yán huíto go with the stream

Characters built on 回

These share the phonetic component 回 (huí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 茴huí(bound form) fennel
• 蛔huíroundworm; Ascaris lumbricoides

Characters that look like 洄

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 泄xiè(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 浙Zhèshort name for Zhejiang 浙江
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe
• 泗sìnasal mucus
• 烩huìto braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water

Sounds the same

Read huí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 回to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 茴(bound form) fennel
• 蛔roundworm; Ascaris lumbricoides
• 恛disordered; indistinct doubtful; blurred
• 廻variant of 回
• 囘variant of 回
• 囬variant of 回