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Retreat
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingタイ
Kun readingしりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、の.く

Verbs with «退»

退職する退院する退る撤退する衰退する引退する後退する退く
  1. to step aside
  2. to move (out of the way)
  3. to make way

Popular Usage

退院引退

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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road (辶) · silver (金)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1575

Compound words

退院たいいん
leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
引退いんたい
retirement
辞退じたい
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy)
減退げんたい
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease
後退こうたい
retreat; falling back; moving backwards; reversing; backing up (of a vehicle)
進退しんたい
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; movement; course of action; behaviour
衰退すいたい
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
早退そうたい
leaving early
退学たいがく
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
退官たいかん
retirement from office
退却たいきゃく
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
退去たいきょ
departure; leaving; going away; evacuation; recession
退治たいじ
extermination; elimination; eradication; destruction; suppression
退社たいしゃ
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
退職たいしょく
retirement; resignation
退陣たいじん
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping
退任たいにん
retirement; resignation; stepping down
退避たいひ
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
脱退だったい
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
中退ちゅうたい
leaving school during a term
撤退てったい
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
敗退はいたい
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
退くどく
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
退屈たいくつ
tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome
進むべきか退くべきか、はっきりとはわからなかった。ひく
I was uncertain whether to advance or to retreat.tatoeba
彼は退役軍人ではないかと思った。
I guessed that he was an ex-serviceman.tatoeba
彼は退職後庭いじりを始めた。
He took up gardening after he retired.tatoeba
彼は退職後つりにこり始めた。
He took to fishing after retirement.tatoeba
最後は不退院で没している。
He died in the Futai-in Temple in the end.wiki
不退院の前は岡崎城の近くの光善寺の住職をしていた。
Before came to the Futai-in Temple, he was the chief priest of the Kozen-ji Temple near the Okazaki-jo Castle.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

対戦コンテンツが実装されて引退者が続出した
たいせんこんてんつがじっそうされていんたいしゃがぞくしゅつしたAfter implementing competitive content, a wave of retirements followed.
黙らんと、退学させると言っただろ。
だまらんと、たいがくさせるといっただろ。Be quiet or I'll expel you.
愛想つかしてチームまるごと退社した
あいそつかしてちーむまるごとたいしゃしたGot fed up and the whole team quit.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Retreat. ⻌ (movement) + 艮 (look back) — backing away while looking behind.

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