Japanese symbol for “reworking”

手戻り

てもどり

Romaji: temodori

reworking; returning; sending back; refactoring

In Japanese, reworking is 手戻り, read てもどり (temodori).

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Meanings

n reworking; returning; sending back; refactoring

Kanji and stroke order

手

hand

on: シュ、ズ
kun: て、て-、-て、た-

4 strokes · JLPT 4

戻

re-, return, revert

on: レイ
kun: もど.す、もど.る

7 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “reworking”

Word	Reading	Meaning
一ひねり	ひとひねり hitohineri	(one small) fine-tuning; reworking
焼き直し	やきなおし yakinaoshi	remaking (a story); adapting; rehashing

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
相手	あいて aite	companion; partner; company
選手	せんしゅ senshu	player (of a sport); athlete; team member
手段	しゅだん shudan	means; way; method
手術	しゅじゅつ shujutsu	surgery; operation; procedure
大手	おおて oote	major company; big company
手紙	てがみ tegami	letter; note
戻す	もどす modosu	to put back; to return; to give back
戻し	もどし modoshi	returning; giving back

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.