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

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief time
On:
ジン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
828 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 陣 【ジン】 battle formation, camp, encampment, position, group, gang, party, corps, war, battle, campaign
  • 陣営 【ジンエイ】 camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.), faction (of a party), military camp, encampment, cantonment
  • 布陣 【フジン】 battle formation, lineup (e.g. for a game)
  • 出陣 【シュツジン】 going into battle, departure for the front, appearing (in a match), starting an election campaign

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • ejército
  • campo de batalla
  • rango
  • posición militar

Portuguese

  • acampamento
  • arranjo na batalha
  • posições
  • posição

French

  • campement
  • ordre de bataille
  • rang
  • position
1450 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
823 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4992 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1207 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1869 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1056 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1404 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1493 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1523 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
733 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
545 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
332 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1314 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41667 Morohashi
455 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6448 New Nelson (John Haig)
1305 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1402 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1402 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
2d7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
7520.6 Four corner code
1-31-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9663 Unicode hex code