Jisho

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退

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
424 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 退役 【タイエキ】 retiring from military service
  • 退院 【タイイン】 leaving hospital, discharge from hospital
  • 進退 【シンタイ】 advance or retreat, moving forwards or backwards, movement, course of action, behaviour, conduct, attitude, remaining in one's post or resigning, staying or leaving
  • 勇退 【ユウタイ】 retiring voluntarily, resigning one's post (to make way for others), stepping down, bowing out

Kun reading compounds

  • 退く 【しりぞく】 to step back, to move back, to retreat, to withdraw (from the presence of a superior), to leave, to exit, to resign, to retire, to quit, to concede
  • 退ける 【しりぞける】 to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to dismiss, to repel, to repulse, to drive away, to beat off, to defeat, to make (someone) leave, to send away, to turn away, to force (someone) to leave their post, to oust, to remove, to expel
  • 退く 【ひく】 to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat, to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to retire, to quit
  • 退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede
  • 退ける 【のける】 to put something out of the way, to move (something, someone) aside, to remove, to exclude, to take away, to set aside, to keep apart, to remove (someone) from the group, to shun, to do well despite difficulties, to accomplish despite adversity, to do resolutely, to do boldly
  • 退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tui4
Korean:
toe

Spanish

  • retroceder
  • retirarse
  • renunciar
  • dimitir
  • destruir
  • negar
  • rechazar
  • rehusar

Portuguese

  • retirada
  • sacar
  • retirar
  • pedir demissão
  • repelir
  • expelir
  • rejeitar

French

  • retraite
  • se retirer
  • démissionner
  • repousser
  • exclure
  • rejeter
839 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
769 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
746 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
613 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4684 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
459 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
954 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1236A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
846 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
865 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
348 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
687 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3838 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1969 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2665 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1477 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38839P Morohashi
3094 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6040 New Nelson (John Haig)
1465 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1575 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
703 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3865 2001 Kanji
2q6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3730.3 Four corner code
1-34-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9000 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寮 【リョウ】 hostel, dormitory, bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system), tea-ceremony room, villa
  • 寮生 【リョウセイ】 boarder, boarding student
  • 大炊寮 【オオイリョウ】 Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 女男性寮 【メオセイリョウ】 co-ed dormitory, mixed student accommodation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liao2
Korean:
ryo

Spanish

  • dormitorio
  • hostal
  • residencia
  • internado

Portuguese

  • dormitório
  • hospedaria
  • palacete
  • casa de chá

French

  • dortoir
  • foyer
  • pavillon
  • pavillon de thé
1910 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1462 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1459 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2364 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1323 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1183 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
498 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2984 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2079 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1724 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7325 Morohashi
2359 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366 New Nelson (John Haig)
1708 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1844 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1754 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
741 2001 Kanji
3m12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
3090.6 Four corner code
1-46-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bee Unicode hex code