退 – retreat, withdraw, retire

9 strokesTaught in grade 6#424 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 退 means retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タイ (tai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く (shirizoku, shirizokeru, hiku, noku, nokeru, doku). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タイ	tai
Kun’yomi	しりぞ.く	shirizoku
Kun’yomi	しりぞ.ける	shirizokeru
Kun’yomi	ひ.く	hiku
Kun’yomi	の.く	noku
Kun’yomi	の.ける	nokeru
Kun’yomi	ど.く	doku

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: 込・艮.

Words using 退

退院たいいんleaving hospital引退いんたいretirement退屈たいくつtedious退くどくto step aside辞退じたいdeclining退学たいがくdropping out of school退けるどけるto put something out of the way後退こうたいretreat退治たいじextermination退職たいしょくretirement脱退だったいwithdrawal (e.g. from an organization)退化たいかdegeneration

Example sentences

彼女は１時間前に退院しました。

She left the hospital an hour ago.

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彼は商売をたたんで引退した。

He sold his business and retired.

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カクテルパーティーは退屈なときもある。

Cocktail parties can be boring.

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Kanji with the same radical

連選通進近道運過送違述追辺造達週

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