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Kanji Detail for 帰 - "to return, homecoming, to go home"

帰

  • Meaning

    帰 means "to return, homecoming, to go home."

    1. To return - To go back; to come back to the original place.

    2. To restore - To return to; to put back.

    3. To settle - For things to finally come to rest.

    4. To marry - For a woman to be wed; to become a bride.

    5. To give - To present gifts.

  • Words using 帰

    • 帰国 きこく Listen return to one's country; return to one's hometown
    • 復帰 ふっき Listen return; reversion; comeback
    • 帰宅 きたく Listen returning home; going home; coming home
    • 帰属 きぞく Listen belonging; ascription; attribution
    • 回帰 かいき Listen return (to); revolution; recurrence
    • 里帰り さとがえり Listen returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married
    • 帰省 きせい Listen homecoming; returning home
    • 帰途 きと Listen (the) way home; return trip; (the) way back

  • Four-character idioms with 帰

    • 帰命頂礼 きみょうちょうらい Listen most formal form of a prayer
    • 帰巣本能 きそうほんのう Listen homing instinct
    • 永劫回帰 えいごうかいき Listen eternal recurrence; eternal return

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    • Verified meaning: to return, homecoming, to go home
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read き)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 帰

    Given names 帰(き)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    homecoming; arrive at; lead to; result in

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    return; return to, revert to

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 歸|归

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.eru(か-える) か-える

    kae.su(かえ-す) かえ-す

    oku.ru(おく-る) おく-る

    totsu.gu(とつ-ぐ) とつ-ぐ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    to return to go home homecoming to restore to settle comeback give back marry repatriation reversion restoration reunion retreat reentry recurrence reinstatement original

Sentences including 帰

  • My father got home late last night.

  • I'll be back within an hour.

  • Please stay here till i get back.

  • Come home before it gets dark.

  • It was because he was ill that he decided to return home.

  • Hardly had we come home when it began to rain.

  • He has just come back from paris.

  • Please drop in at my house on your way home.

  • Ask her when she will come back.

  • I met him on my way from school.

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