帰 – homecoming, arrive at, lead to

10 strokesTaught in grade 2#504 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 帰 means homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かえ.る、かえ.す、おく.る、とつ.ぐ (kaeru, kaesu, okuru, totsugu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	かえ.る	kaeru
Kun’yomi	かえ.す	kaesu
Kun’yomi	おく.る	okuru
Kun’yomi	とつ.ぐ	totsugu

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: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: ヨ・刈・巾・冖.

Words using 帰

帰るかえるto return帰りかえりreturn帰すかえすto send (someone) back帰宅きたくreturning homeお帰りおかえりreturn日帰りひがえりday trip帰京ききょうreturning (home) to Tokyo

Example sentences

恋人よ、我に帰れ。

Lover, come back to me.

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１１時を過ぎると、お客たちは三々五々帰り始めた。

After 11 o'clock the guests began to leave by twos and threes.

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どうして帰りがこんなに遅くなったの。

Why did you come home so late?

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Kanji with the same radical

市常席師幅帯幕布希帳帽幣巾

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