漢字城 Kanji Fortress

返 return

Also: give back

On'yomi
ヘン
Kun'yomi
かえ-す、かえ-る
Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): かえ-す.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
返 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

You go back along the road (⻌) in the opposite (反) direction to return the book you borrowed.

A common word

  • 返す かえす to return

Example sentences

  • ほんをとしょかんにかえしました。

    I returned the book to the library.

  • らいしゅう、おかねをかえします。

    I'll pay the money back next week.

Kanji that share a part

⻌ is its radical. 54 kanji share it in all.

反 is a component.

  • 飯 meal
  • 坂 slope N2
  • 版 printing Block N2
  • 板 plank N2
  • 販 sell N2
  • 仮 temporary N1