归

See also: 歸 and 帰

归 U+5F52, 归 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F52 ← 彑 [U+5F51] CJK Unified Ideographs 当 → [U+5F53]

Translingual

Traditional	歸
Shinjitai	帰
Simplified	归

Han character

归 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中中尸一 (LLSM), four-corner 2707₀, composition ⿰リ𫜹(G) or ⿲丶丿𫜹(T))

Derived characters

• 𫢔, 岿

Related characters

• 歸 (Orthodox traditional form of 归)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 362, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9909
• Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 960, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5F52

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 歸 found in various moveable type copies of classical novels. First attested in 《宋元以來俗字譜》, a variant forms dictionary compiled in 1930 that records unorthodox forms (俗字 (súzì)) that have existed since the Song dynasty.

Originally part of the 324 simplified characters introduced by the Republic of China (Kuomintang government) in 1935 but was later retracted in 1936.

Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 归 – see 歸 (“to return; to come back to; to return to; to revert to; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 歸).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02075-009#33