JLPT N1 · 16 strokes
Kanji 還: "send back, return"
The kanji 還 means "send back, return". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read カン in on'yomi and かえ.る in kun'yomi.
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
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かえ.る
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
| Meaning | send back, return |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 910 of 2,501 |
Common words with 還
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 帰還return (home); repatriation · feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
- 奪還recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
- 生還returning alive; surviving · reaching the home plate
- 還元restoration; return · reduction; resolution; deoxidization; deoxidation
- 返還return; restoration
- 送還sending home; repatriation; deportation
- 召還recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
- 強制送還forced repatriation; deportation
- 還暦kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle
- 往還traffic; coming and going; highway
- 還俗return to secular life (of a monk); secularization; secularisation
- 帰還者returnee
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