Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: return, answer, fade, repay

Kunyomi: かえ.す -かえ.す かえ.る -かえ.る

Onyomi: ヘン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

事する(へんじする)   reply

品する(へんぴんする)   return goods

却する(へんきゃくする)   return something

送する(へんそうする)   send back

答する(へんとうする)   reply

す(かえす)   return something

生きる(いきかえる)   revive

Onyomi Examples

ヘン reply, answer

ヘン number of times

ダイヘン answer a roll call for another

オウヘン round trip

Kunyomi Examples

かえす to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly

す刀 かえすかたな attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another

かえる to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely