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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

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻌ "to go" plus 艮 "to halt"; going back instead of forward — hence "to retreat, withdraw."

OFFICIAL READINGS

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

Compounds

  • 退場たいじょう

    leaving (a venue); being sent off

  • 後退こうたい

    retreat; going backwards

More words with this kanji

  • 衰退すいたい
  • 撤退てったい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

けがで試合(しあい)を退場(たいじょう)した。

I left the match because of an injury.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

退場後退退場place後after遺to lea…辻crossr…辺area込put in…辷to sli…大big太thick台stand代to sub…体body
CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)