退 — kanji meaning “retreat”
退
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
- Meanings
- retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
- On'yomi
- タイ (tai)
- Kun'yomi
- しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く、の.く、の.ける、ど.く
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #424 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- tuì — Chinese character page
Words with 退
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 引退 | いんたい intai | retirement |
| 退職 | たいしょく taishoku | retirement; resignation |
| 脱退 | だったい dattai | withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving |
| 撤退 | てったい tettai | evacuation; withdrawal; revocation |
| 退院 | たいいん taiin | leaving hospital; discharge from hospital |
| 辞退 | じたい jitai | declining; refusal; nonacceptance |
| 退治 | たいじ taiji | extermination; elimination; eradication |
| 退学 | たいがく taigaku | dropping out of school; withdrawal from school |
| 中退 | ちゅうたい chuutai | leaving school during a term |
| 後退 | こうたい koutai | retreat; falling back; moving backwards |
| 衰退 | すいたい suitai | decline; degeneration; decay |
| 退場 | たいじょう taijou | leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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