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Kanji: 退

KANJI
退
9 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
しりぞ
しりぞける
ける
 ON 音 
タイ
STROKE ORDER
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 5 (completion of 6th grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:
⻍(⻌)
Radical name:
しんにょう
Meaning:
Retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 400 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N4
退(たいいん)する
to leave hospital
N3
退(いんたい)
retire
N3
退(たいくつ)
tedium, boredom
N2
退(たいいん)
leaving hospital
N2
退()
(1) to retreat, to recede, to withdraw
N2
退()ける
to remove, to take away, to dislodge, to put something out of the way
N1
退(こうたい)
retreat, backspace (BS)
N1
退(しりぞ)
to retreat, to recede, to withdraw
N1
退(しりぞ)ける
to repel, to drive away
N1
退(じたい)
refusal
N1
退(たいか)
degeneration, retrogression
N1
退(たいがく)
dropping out of school
N1
退(たいしょく)
retirement (from office)
N1
退(たいじ)
extermination
N1
退(だったい)
secession
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