
归:从帚,甲骨文中妇作帚;从𠂤(duī),为声符。返还归来之意,甲骨卜辞中也用作方国名。在六书中属于形声。
The oracle bone script form of the Chinese character “归” (guī) is composed of the component “帚” (zhou), which in oracle bone script was used to represent “woman”, and “𠂤” (duī), serving as a phonetic element. The character originally expressed the meaning of “to return” or “to come back.” In oracle bone inscriptions, it also appeared as the name of a regional state. According to “The Six Categories of Chinese Characters”, it belongs to the category of phono-semantic compounds. (文字翻译 童林)