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Kanji Detail for 退 - "to retreat, to retire, to repel"

退

  • Meaning

    退 means "to retreat, to retire, to repel."

    1. To retreat - To withdraw; step back; pull back.

    2. To retire - To leave one's position; resign.

    3. To repel - To drive away; push back.

    4. To decline - To fade; diminish; recede.

  • Words using 退

    • 撤退 てったい Listen evacuation; withdrawal; revocation
    • 退職 たいしょく Listen retirement; resignation
    • 引退 いんたい Listen retirement
    • 後退 こうたい Listen retreat; falling back; moving backwards
    • 脱退 だったい Listen withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving
    • 退陣 たいじん Listen resignation; stepping down; retirement
    • 進退 しんたい Listen advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; movement
    • 中退 ちゅうたい Listen leaving school during a term

  • Four-character idioms with 退

    • 一進一退 いっしんいったい Listen now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing
    • 出処進退 しゅっしょしんたい Listen staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
    • 坐作進退 ざさしんたい Listen deportment; behavior; carriage
    • 寸進尺退 すんしんしゃくたい Listen one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose
    • 怨敵退散 おんてきたいさん Listen invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
    • 挙措進退 きょそしんたい Listen behavior; bearing; demeanor

  • Tattoo check: 退

    • Verified meaning: to retreat, to retire, to repel
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    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

    retreat; withdraw; retire; resign; repel; expel; reject

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    step back, retreat, withdraw

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to retreat, to step back, to withdraw

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

    The opposite of 進 (advance). To retreat. Such as 退兵 (withdraw troops), 退守 (retreat and defend). Rejecting is also called 退. Such as 屏退 (dismiss), 退還 (return). | To be modest. Such as 退讓 (yield). Therefore resigning from office is also called 退. Such as 急流勇退 (retire at the height of success). | To eliminate. Such as recovering from illness is called 病退. All declining in ability or strength is called 退. Such as saying 學業退步 (academic regression).

  • Onyomi

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    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

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    do.ku(ど-く) ど-く

    hi.ku(ひ-く) ひ-く

    no.keru(の-ける) の-ける

    no.ku(の-く) の-く

    shirizo.keru(しりぞ-ける) しりぞ-ける

    shirizo.ku(しりぞ-く) しりぞ-く

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to retreat to retire to repel fade diminish recede subside reject expel resign quit withdraw abandon back depart disengage give up leave step back surrender

Sentences including 退

  • They dropped out of their school.

  • Never have i read such a dull book.

  • I want to excuse myself from the work.

  • This novel bores me.

  • She is bored with this novel.

  • He found the party was rather slow.

  • You no doubt bore people.

  • How boring this game is !

  • I have decided to retire.

  • May i leave school early today?

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