huí

a back-water

Swirling water  also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

回 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

huí

  

return

Evolution

洄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
洄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huí

a back-water; an eddy a whirlpool; eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current

Most common words with 洄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洄游

(of fish) to migrate

eddying