Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

910 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: send back, return

Kunyomi: かえ.る

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: walk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カンプ return, restoration, refund, (duty) drawback

カンゲン restoration, return, reduction, resolution, deoxidization, deoxidation

ダッカン recapture, retaking, recovery, taking back

ソウカン sending home, repatriation, deportation

Kunyomi Examples

帰る 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