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戻

戻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （稀用、ほとんど廃字）入り口が扉になっている、ほろ付きの車。
  2. （日本のみ、別字衝突）『戾』:専ら「もどる」「もどす」の意。
  3. ねじる。（捩に同じ）

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「戸」+音符「大」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レイHS
Kun (native)
  • もど(す)JHS
  • もど(る)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音li4
  • 한글ryeo
  • 한글ryeol
  • Hán-ViệtLệ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
戶(と)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+623B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸户大

Words using this kanji

  • 戻しもどしreturning, giving back
  • 戻りもどりもどりの漢字表記。return, reaction, recovery, return (from a procedure)
  • 戻すもどす「もどす」を参照。to put back, to return, to give back, to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling)
  • 戻るもどるto turn back (e.g. half-way), to return, to go back, to recover (e.g. something lost)
  • 戻入れいにゅうreversal of monies, funds, commissions
  • 戻り道もどりみちthe way back
  • 戻り値もどりちプログラムで関数などによる処理後に呼び出し元に渡される結果の数値。return value, returned value
  • 戻し交配もどしこうはいbackcrossing (crossing a hybrid with one of its parents), backcross
  • 戻し交雑もどしこうざつbackcrossing
  • 戻り梅雨もどりづゆreturn of the rainy season, rainy season returning after a period of clear weather
  • 戻ってくるもどってくるto come back
  • 戻って行くもどっていくto go back

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-1-6
Four Corner
3023.4
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4m3.1
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1162
Nelson
1818