還 – send back, return

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#910 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 還 means send back, return. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かえ.る (kaeru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	かえ.る	kaeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 衣・口・込・買・一.

Words using 還

還元かんげんrestoration還暦かんれきkanreki返還へんかんreturn

Example sentences

ゲイツ会長、広告収入をユーザーに還元する意向表明。

Bill Gates announces intent to return advertising revenue to the users.

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Kanji with the same radical

連選通進近道運過送違述追退辺造達

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