TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
歸
ㄍㄨㄟ · guī
verb — to return, go back; to belong to
字源 FORM — what the parts do
𠂤聲duī — gives the sounda mound — worn small on the left edge
IFduī → guī — the reading shifted far off the donor
帚義a broom — for 婦, the wife
On the left, 𠂤 duī, the sound, worn to two small strokes; on the right, a foot (止) arriving and a broom (帚) for the wife (婦). The bride's feet reaching the new home — to go back, to return. From returning, to belong, to revert to: 歸還, 歸屬.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻腳（止）走到了，手裡的掃帚（帚）也安頓下——歸。
A foot (止) arrives, the broom (帚) set down in its place — to return, to come home.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)歸來、回歸— to return, go back常用
→歸還— to give back, return a thing常用
⇒歸屬、歸於— to belong to; to revert to
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension