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退 = 辶 + 艮
退 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “retreat”. It is built from 辶 (road) and 艮 (stopping). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1575.
- Keyword
- retreat
- RTK frame
- 1575
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- タイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- しりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける, ひ.く, の.く, の.ける, ど.く
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- отступить
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 退 step back
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 退 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “road” + “stopping”. 退 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 退 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.