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退

Kanji 退: meaning "retreat, resign", readings, stroke order

The kanji 退 means "retreat, resign". On'yomi: タイ; kun'yomi: しりぞく、しりぞける. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
retreat, resign
On'yomi
タイ
Kun'yomi
しりぞくしりぞける
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N2
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 退

  • 退屈 たいくつ — Boring / boredom
  • 退院する たいいんする — leaving hospital
  • 引退 いんたい — retirement
  • 退く どく — to retreat, to recede, to withdraw
  • 辞退 じたい — refusal
  • 退学 たいがく — dropping out of school
  • 退ける どける — to dislodge, to put something out of the way
  • 後退 こうたい — retreat, backspace
  • 退化 たいか — degeneration, retrogression
  • 退治 たいじ — extermination
  • 退職 たいしょく — retirement (from office)
  • 脱退 だったい — secession, withdrawal

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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