恢

huī
verb #65,429

Meanings

  1. 1 to restore
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 great

Examples

HSK 5
Tā de shēntǐ yǐjīng huīfù le.
His health has recovered.
HSK 5
Jiāotōng huīfù zhèngcháng le.
Traffic has returned to normal.

Tips

usage
Almost always used in 恢复 (to restore/recover).

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart
Left upright-heart radical (side form of 心) puts 恢 in the mind/feeling family with 怀 bosom, 快 happy, 慢 slow. The original meaning was "magnanimous, large-hearted" - a broad and expansive inner state - from which came the modern senses "to restore, to recover."
phonetic
灰 huī
ash; grey
Right 灰 supplies the sound - huī carried over without change. 灰 itself means "ash, grey," but here it works as a clean phonetic with minimal semantic contribution. Same sound family includes 诙 humorous. Modern collocations: 恢复 to recover, 恢宏 grand and broad.

Stroke Order

恢 huī