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帰 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
キき · ki
Kun
かえ(る)kae(ru)
Meaning
to return

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A broom (帚) and a foot (止) — coming home to housework: to return.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki帰還きかん帰納きのう復帰ふっき
Kunかえるkaeru帰るかえる帰りかえり

Compare: 返る

Kunかえすkaesu帰すきす

Compare: 返す

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 帰り道かえりみち

    the way home

  • 帰国きこく

    returning to one's country

More words with this kanji

  • 帰宅きたく
  • 帰趨きすう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

五(ご)時(じ)に 帰(かえ)ります。

I go home at five.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

帰国帰り道帰国countr…道road市city巾cloth巴comma…布cloth帆sail汽steam記to rec…几small…乞beg己onesel…
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Compound

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