Japanese symbol for “retaking”
奪還
だっかん
Romaji: dakkan
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
In Japanese, retaking is 奪還, read だっかん (dakkan).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奪う | うばう ubau | to take (by force); to take away; to snatch |
| 強奪 | ごうだつ goudatsu | robbery; pillage; seizure |
| 略奪 | りゃくだつ ryakudatsu | pillage; plunder; looting |
| 争奪 | そうだつ soudatsu | struggle (for); scramble; contest |
| 奪取 | だっしゅ dasshu | usurpation; taking back; dispossession |
| 返還 | へんかん henkan | return; restoration |
| 還元 | かんげん kangen | restoration; return |
| 帰還 | きかん kikan | return (home); repatriation |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.