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帰

Return Home
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingキ
Kun readingかえ.る、かえ.す
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 15

Verbs with «帰»

帰る帰国する持ち帰る帰宅する帰属する復帰する帰れる帰する

Meanings

  1. return Home
  2. homecomingRtK
  3. arrive at
  4. lead to
  5. result in
    ようするに私たちの努力はすべて無に帰した。In short, all our efforts resulted in nothing.tatoeba
  1. to send (someone) back
  2. to send (someone) home

Popular Usage

帰る帰り帰宅帰すお帰り帰京

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sword (刀) · spear · cutlass · feather duster · broom · apron · crown (冖) · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1316

Compound words

帰るかえる
to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.)
帰りかえり
return; coming back
帰宅きたく
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
帰すかえす
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
お帰りおかえり
return; welcome home
帰京ききょう
returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital
回帰かいき
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
帰依きえ
becoming a devout believer; (religious) conversion
帰化きか
naturalization; naturalisation
帰還きかん
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
帰国きこく
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
帰省きせい
homecoming; returning home
帰属きぞく
belonging; ascription; attribution; imputation; possession
帰途きと
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
帰路きろ
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
復帰ふっき
return; reversion; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return
帰休ききゅう
leave; furlough; temporary layoff
帰り道かえりみち
the way back; the way home; return trip
日帰りひがえり
day trip
里帰りさとがえり
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
持ち帰るもちかえる
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
社会復帰しゃかいふっき
rehabilitation (in society)
持ち帰りもちかえり
takeout (food); take-out; takeaway; carry-out; to-go
お帰りなさいおかえりなさい
welcome home

On Reading Examples

彼の努力はすべて水の泡に帰した。きす
All his endeavors ended in failure.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

帰る時には間違いなく火の始末をしてください。かえる
Please remember to put out the fire before you go home.tatoeba
けがを治療してもらったトラは、村人たちの手で無事、保護区に帰された。かえす
The tiger, having had its wounds treated, was returned by the villagers to the animal sanctuary without incident.tatoeba
俺が帰る前に、先に寝てていいよ。かえる
I don't mind if you go to bed before I get home.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は帽子を取りに帰った。
He went back to get his hat.tatoeba
彼は日本を去り二度と帰ってこなかった。
He left Japan never to come back.tatoeba
彼は日本に帰っていった。
He went back to Japan.tatoeba
彼は日帰り旅行に行った。
He went on a one-day trip.tatoeba
再び建長寺に帰り同寺で没した。
He returned to Kencho-ji Temple again, and there he died.wiki
- 天皇の喪が帰りの海路に出航。
- The empress's mourners began their sea journey home.wiki
そこへ与兵衛が帰宅する。
Then Yohei comes home.wiki
死者の多くは学校から帰宅途中の子供であった。
Many of the dead were children returning from schools.wiki
次回選挙で当選し、政界に復帰する。
He ran in the next election, and won, returning to the political arena.wiki
その後に罪を許されて宮中に復帰する。
After that, he was pardoned and returned to the Imperial Court.wiki
帰京後の消息は不明。
Details about her after she came back to Kyoto are unknown.wiki
西郷の帰京と方針確定
The retuning to the Kyoto Capital and the confirmation of the policy of Saigowiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Return home. 刂 + 帚 (broom) — a home with someone sweeping, the place you go back to.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 帰

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