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HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1

还

hái

still, yet, also, or, to return

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Why does 还 look like this?

The character is composed of the 'walk' radical (辶), which suggests movement, and the phonetic/meaning component 'bu' (不). It literally pictures someone moving back to a starting point, symbolizing 'returning' or 'still going'.

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