恢 huī to restore
to restore; to recover
How to remember 恢: 忄 heart + 灰 ashes = to restore. After the fire the family's hearts ache over the ashes of their bakery, but the whole street helps them to restore it.
Component breakdown
恢 = 忄 heart + 灰 ashes
- 忄 heart
- 灰 ashes
After the fire the family's hearts ache over the ashes of their bakery, but the whole street helps them to restore it.
How it is used
- 恢 essentially never appears outside 恢复 (huīfù), "to recover/restore", which covers health, order, relationships, or data.
- 身体恢复得很快 (shēntǐ huīfù de hěn kuài) - the body is recovering quickly; 恢复正常 (huīfù zhèngcháng) - return to normal.
- Treat 恢复 as a two-character unit to memorize together - the character 恢 by itself carries no independent meaning in modern usage.
Words with 恢
Example sentences
- 把它恢复到原来的状态。 Bǎ tā huīfù dào yuánlái de zhuàngtài.Return it to its original state.