TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
回
ㄏㄨㄟˊ · huí
verb — to return, turn back
字源 FORM — what the parts do
回形a spiral — water turning back on itself, ring inside ring
Water curls back over its own track, one ring closing inside another. To circle, to come back (回來、回家); one circuit is one time (一回); words sent back are an answer (回答).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
河面一個漩渦（回），葉子轉了一圈，又回到原來的地方。
An eddy (回) on the river; the leaf rides one full circle back to where it started.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)迴旋— to circle, swirl
→回來、回去— to return常用
⇒回答、回信— to reply — sent back
⇒一回— a time; a chapter — one circuit
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension