回鹘

Traditional form:

回鶻

Pinyin (reading):

Huíhú

Definitions:

• Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族／维吾尔族 ( Wéiwú'ěrzú) and the Yugurs 裕固族 ( Yùgùzú)

Characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 鹘 - a kind of pigeon; treron permagna

Traditional characters:

• 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
• 鶻 - a kind of pigeon; treron permagna