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Kanji Detail for 還 - "return"

還

  • Meaning

    還 means "return." Also associated with restore, again.

    1. Return - To go back to a place.

    2. Restore - To bring back to original state.

    3. Again - Once more.

  • Words using 還

    • 返還 へんかん Listen return; restoration
    • 償還 しょうかん Listen repayment; redemption; amortization
    • 還元 かんげん Listen restoration; return; reduction
    • 還付 かんぷ Listen return; restoration; refund
    • 奪還 だっかん Listen recapture; retaking; recovery
    • 送還 そうかん Listen sending home; repatriation; deportation
    • 還暦 かんれき Listen kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
    • 還流 かんりゅう Listen return current; reflux; back flow

  • Name readings of 還

    Given names 還(めぐる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    send back; return

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    still, yet, also, besides

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Huan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    also, besides; still, yet; to return

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To go and return. As in 還鄉 (return to one's hometown), 還家 (return home). | Returning something to someone is also called 還. As in 還債 (repay a debt), 還願 (fulfill a vow). | Interchangeable with 旋. To turn. As in 周還中規, 折還中矩, found in the Book of Rites.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.eru(か-える) か-える

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    return restore again circulate rotate immediately promptly reflect look back reverse inversely reappear reciprocate reenter reimburse repay retrace revert surrender yield

Sentences including 還

  • She prayed for her son's return.

  • Tom got a tax refund.

  • My grandfather on my mother's side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.

  • The ambassador was recalled from Warsaw.

  • The astronauts returned safely to Earth.

  • My grandfather on my mother's side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.

  • He batted three runners home.

  • Three of the planes have not yet reported home.

  • My grandfather on my mother's side is celebrating his 60th birthday tomorrow.

  • Break for bath & food, back in about 40 minutes!

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