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Kanji Detail for 戻 - "return, restore, reverse"

戻

  • Meaning

    戻 means "return, restore, reverse."

    1. Return - To go back; to come back.

    2. Restore - To bring back to original condition.

    3. Reverse - To go in the opposite direction.

  • Words using 戻

    • 戻し もどし Listen returning; giving back
    • 買い戻し かいもどし Listen repurchase; redemption
    • 戻り もどり Listen return; reaction; recovery
    • 払い戻し はらいもどし Listen repayment; refund; payback
    • 戻す もどす Listen to put back; to return; to give back
    • 後戻り あともどり Listen going backward; turning back; backtracking
    • 取り戻す とりもどす Listen to take back; to get back; to regain
    • 戻る もどる Listen to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back

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    • Verified meaning: return, restore, reverse
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    re-; return; revert; resume; restore; go backwards

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    perverse

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 戾[li4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rei(レイ) レイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    modo.ru(もど-る) もど-る

    modosu(もど-す) もど-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    戸 戶 (to・todare・tokammuri・tobiranoto)

  • Related Keywords

    return restore reverse come back reject resist go back original reappear recall recover reestablish retrace retreat revert revisit

Sentences including 戻

  • He will soon come back.

  • Put the book back on the shelf.

  • She went back to england in the end.

  • He didn't come back in the end.

  • You can go out on condition that you come home by seven.

  • I don't know when my mother will come back.

  • The doctor called him back.

  • I want you to stay here until i get back.

  • We have to stay a decision until he comes back.

  • It will not be long before i come back.

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