Jisho

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7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
return, answer, fade, repay
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
  • 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
  • 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
  • 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip

Kun reading compounds

  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • regresar
  • devolver

Portuguese

  • retornar
  • responder
  • desvanecer
  • pagar

French

  • rendre
  • répondre
  • s'estomper
  • rembourser
316 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
412 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
389 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
586 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4670 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
307 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
950 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
442 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
681 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3797 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
733 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38758P Morohashi
3060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6020 New Nelson (John Haig)
725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
477 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
289 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2q4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3130.4 Four corner code
1-42-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fd4 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
blossom, bloom
Kun:
さ.く-ざき
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1534 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巧笑 【コウショウ】 courteous laughter, forced laughter

Kun reading compounds

  • 咲く 【さく】 to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open, to rise up (of breaking waves)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • florecer

Portuguese

  • flor
  • florescimento

French

  • fleurir
  • floraison
1303 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1435 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1475 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
413 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
784 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
927 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
951 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
303 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2037 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3554X Morohashi
349 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 New Nelson (John Haig)
2018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1240 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6803.4 Four corner code
1-26-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54b2 Unicode hex code