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返 かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る 返還(へんかん): return; restoration返済(へんさい): repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption返事(へんじ): reply; answer; response繰り返す(くりかえす): to repeat; to do something over again振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back裏返し(うらがえし): inside out; upside down返答(へんとう): reply引返す(ひきかえす): to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message)裏返す(うらがえす): to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over引っ繰り返る(ひっくりかえる): to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed宙返り(ちゅうがえり): somersault; looping-the-loop照り返す(てりかえす): to reflect; to throw back lightひっくり返す(ひっくりかえす): (1) to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out (2) to knock over; to tip over (3) to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse 3 反: anti-辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 (none) return In "The Return of the anti-hero", Clint Eastwood kicks the villain in the crotch, pushes them off the cliff and onto a busy highway. A tiring movie franchise to say the least....

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ヘン return, answer, fade, repay 3 685 7 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 形声 Phonetic Pretty obvious: to return is to turn back on the road you´re on and go the opposite way.

Kanji	返
Onyomi	ヘン
Kunyomi	かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る
English	return, answer, fade, repay
Examples	返還(へんかん): return; restoration 返済(へんさい): repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption 返事(へんじ): reply; answer; response 繰り返す(くりかえす): to repeat; to do something over again 振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back 裏返し(うらがえし): inside out; upside down 返答(へんとう): reply 引返す(ひきかえす): to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps 折り返す(おりかえす): (1) to turn up; to fold back (2) to loopback (a signal, a message) 裏返す(うらがえす): to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over 引っ繰り返る(ひっくりかえる): to be overturned; to be upset; to topple over; to be reversed 宙返り(ちゅうがえり): somersault; looping-the-loop 照り返す(てりかえす): to reflect; to throw back light ひっくり返す(ひっくりかえす): (1) to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out (2) to knock over; to tip over (3) to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	685
Components	反: anti- 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	return
Koohii Story 1	Pretty obvious: to return is to turn back on the road you´re on and go the opposite way.
Koohii Story 2	In "The Return of the anti-hero", Clint Eastwood kicks the villain in the crotch, pushes them off the cliff and onto a busy highway. A tiring movie franchise to say the least....

Turn Back Inside Return Repeat One's Upside Upset