归
guī
to return
surname Gui; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
a picture of 归 → returning home, coming back to where you belong
彐 is a stylized hand or claw reaching downward, evoking the act of pulling something back toward oneself. The character as a whole grew from the image of returning home — a broom or hand sweeping back to a resting place.
天黑了，孩子们该归家了。
tiān hēi le, hái zi men gāi guī jiā le。
It's dark, the children should return home now.
这件事归你负责，不能推给别人。
zhè jiàn shì guī nǐ fù zé, bù néng tuī gěi bié rén。
This matter is your responsibility to handle; you can't push it onto someone else.
Words with 归
递归
dì guī
recursion
避其锐气，击其惰归
bì qí ruì qì , jī qí duò guī
avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)
铩羽而归
shā yǔ ér guī
(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
颗粒归仓
kē lì guī cāng
to gather all the harvested grain into the granary; to harvest every single grain
驾鹤西归
jià hè xī guī
see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jia4 he4 xi1 qu4]
一命归天
yī mìng guī tiān
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一命归西
yī mìng guī xī
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一命归阴
yī mìng guī yīn
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
三归依
sān guī yī
the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3]
不完全归纳推理
bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ
inference by incomplete induction
不归路
bù guī lù
road to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back
不醉不归
bù zuì bù guī
lit. to not go home until drunk (idiom)