還 — kanji meaning “send back”
還
send back, return
- Meanings
- send back, return
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- かえ.る
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #910 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- huán, hái, xuán — Chinese character page
Words with 還
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 奪還 | だっかん dakkan | recapture; retaking; recovery |
| 送還 | そうかん soukan | sending home; repatriation; deportation |
| 償還 | しょうかん shoukan | repayment; redemption; amortization |
| 還暦 | かんれき kanreki | kanreki; one's 60th birthday (or 61st in the traditional age reckoning system) when one has lived through a full sexagenary cycle |
| 生還 | せいかん seikan | returning alive; surviving |
| 還付 | かんぷ kanpu | return; restoration; refund |
| 還流 | かんりゅう kanryuu | return current; reflux; back flow |
| 往還 | おうかん oukan | traffic; coming and going; highway |
| 召還 | しょうかん shoukan | recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home) |
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