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还還 hái, huán — (huán) to give back, to return something, to repay; (hái) still, yet; even more; also, in addition

hái (second tone, rising) huán (second tone, rising)

2 readings — the first is the most common.

Traditional: 還

(huán) to give back, to return something, to repay; (hái) still, yet; even more; also, in addition

7 strokesRadical 辵Frequency #65
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Pinyin

  • hái (second tone, rising)most common
  • huán (second tone, rising)

(huán) to give back, to return something, to repay; (hái) still, yet; even more; also, in addition

Character breakdown

Ideographic description

⿺辶不The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.

Mnemonic

Walking 辶 with a shorthand element inside — going back along the road. That is huán, to give a thing back: 还书, 还钱. The commoner reading hái is a worn-down extension of the same idea, "still going": 他还在睡觉 he is still asleep, 我还要一杯 I want another one, 还有 and there is also. One character, two readings, and the sentence tells you which.

A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.

Words containing 还

Radical 辵 — other characters