Kanji 退: "retreat, withdraw, retire"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 退

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 退たい屈くつtedious; boring; dull; uninteresting · to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
• 退どくto step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way · to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede
• 撤てっ退たいevacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal
• 退しりぞくreculer, se retirer · quitter les lieux, prendre congé
• 退たい治じextermination; elimination; eradication; destruction · renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings)
• 後こう退たいretreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing · recession; waning
• 引いん退たいretirement
• 退しりぞけるto refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss · to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off
• 退たい院いんleaving hospital; discharge from hospital
• 退たい散さんdispersal; breaking up · running away; fleeing
• 辞じ退たいdeclining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down
• 撃げき退たいrepulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

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