Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in

Kunyomi: かえ.る かえ.す おく.る とつ.ぐ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

国する(きこくする)   return to one's own country

宅する(きたくする)   return home

する(ふっきする)   come back

る(かえる)   go home, go back

り(ひがえり)   day trip

Onyomi Examples

キカン return (home), repatriation, feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)

キカ naturalization, naturalisation

社会復 シャカイフッキ rehabilitation (in society)

カイキ return (to), revolution, recurrence, regression

Kunyomi Examples

かえる to return, to come home, to go home, to go back, to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.), to get home, to get to home plate

かえす to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home