递归

Traditional form:

遞歸

Pinyin (reading):

dìguī

Definitions:

• recursion
• recursive (calculation)
• recurrence

Characters:

• 递 - to deliver, to hand over; substitute
• 归 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert

Traditional characters:

• 遞 - to deliver, to hand over; substitute
• 歸 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert