恢
huī
#1,362 most
frequent character
to restore, to recover, great
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
恢 has 忄 heart/feeling as the meaning part and 灰 huī as a matching sound part. Early on it meant a vast open space; the modern sense to recover or restore was borrowed for its sound as a short form of 恢复.
Ask DeepSeek
Your word lists
Sign in to add this word to your private lists.