还

huán = hu + an2

surname Huan

hái = h + ai2

still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else

还 = 不 + 辶 : Hamlet sees an early exhibit of king Leonidas' gladiator sandals in the airplane's kitchen. However, the exhibition is still not set up but in the progress of being set up, so there's a big sign showing that it's forbidden to touch the sandals.

huán = hu + an2

to pay back / to return

还 character breakdown

还
- 不
  - 丆
    - 一
    - 丿
  - 卜
    - 丨
    - 丶
- 辶

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 还 as component

还 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 还

or / still; nevertheless / had better

or / still / nevertheless / had better

to settle a debt

to redeem a vow (to a deity) / to fulfill a promise / votive

to return a politeness / to present a gift in return

(music notation) natural sign, ♮

to retort / to answer back

to return a favor / to reciprocate / (literary) to report back

not bad / tolerable / fortunately

How dare you! / This is an outrage! / Absolutely disgraceful!

to offer a return banquet

return books

to repay capital

to pay back in full / to redeem a debt

(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families

recycled paper

to be better off ... / might as well ...

to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)

reconstituted milk (Tw)

to set the record straight / to clarify the facts

Sentences with 还

hái

shì

qi̅ng

le

zài

ná

yi̅

gè

zhòng

diǎn

r

de

lái

It's still too light for me. Bring me something heavier.