歸

Derived characters

 * 巋 蘬

Glyph origin
– to eradicate the enemy and return.

Some analyse the 帚 component in the oracle bone script as a ligature of and, i.e. “(of tribes in the periphery) to cease enmity and submit”.

A or  component was further added in the bronze inscriptions.

 deems to be the phonetic component of this character.

Etymology 1
and consider this a possible derivative of. Compared with 🇨🇬 by and.

Definitions

 * 1) to return (to a place); to come back to
 * 2) to return to (a person, a status); to revert to
 * 3) to submit to; to seek patronage
 * 4) to tend towards; to converge
 * 5) to belong to
 * 6)  despite; notwithstanding
 * 1)  despite; notwithstanding

Usage notes
Usually written as in Buddhist terms (,, , etc.).

Kanji

 * 1) to return; to come back to