退 — 9 strokes / Radical「⻌」
道5Elementary year 6 / 9 strokes / Radical「⻌」
- On
- タイたい · tai
- Kun
- しりぞ(く)・しりぞ(ける)shirizo(ku) · shirizo(keru)
- Meaning
- to retreat; withdraw; retire
Stroke order
Origin
⻌ "to go" plus 艮 "to halt"; going back instead of forward — hence "to retreat, withdraw."
Readings and examples
| Onタイたいtai | 退却たいきゃく退屈たいくつ進退しんたい |
|---|---|
| Kunしりぞくshirizoku | 退くしりぞく |
| Kunしりぞけるshirizokeru | 退けるしりぞける |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 退場たいじょう
leaving (a venue); being sent off
- 後退こうたい
retreat; going backwards
- 衰退すいたい
- 撤退てったい
Example
けがで試合を退場した。
I left the match because of an injury.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)