surname Gui

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.

归 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)

Mnemonic symbol: the character 彐 looks a bit like a pig snout seen from the side. If you need to type it, remember its pronunciation ji4 by imagining Joan of Arc wearing a fake pig snout in the space station's bathroom and making grunting and squealing sounds.

Characters with 归 as component

high and mighty (of mountain) / hilly

Words with 归

to put together / to add / to merge
to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc) / to submit
(idiom) in the final analysis
variant of 歸根結底|归根结底[gui1 gen1 jie2 di3]
ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done
to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc)
to return from pasture
to go home for a visit / to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
to die (Buddhism) / to return to Allah (Islam)
see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fan3 pu2 gui1 zhen1]
induction (method of deduction in logic)
old name for Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
channel tropism (TCM)
reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
the way back / return route
to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots

Sentences with 归

zhè
yù
mǎ
jia̅n
yǒu
jùn
mǎ
qia̅n
pǐ
 
 
do̅u
gui̅
nǐ
guǎn