退
退 — retreat, withdraw, retire
- JLPT
- JLPT N3
- Strokes
- 9
- Taught in
- School year 5
- Frequency
- #424 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- たい tai
- たい tai
- Kun'yomi
-
- しりぞ.く shirizo.ku
- しりぞ.ける shirizo.keru
- ひ.く hi.ku
- の.く no.ku
- の.ける no.keru
- ど.く do.ku
- しりぞ.く shirizo.ku
Words that use 退
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 退院 たいいん leaving hospital JLPT N4
- 引退 いんたい retirement JLPT N3
- 退屈 たいくつ tedious JLPT N3
- 辞退 じたい declining JLPT N3
- 退学 たいがく dropping out of school JLPT N3
- 退ける どける to put something out of the way JLPT N2
- 後退 こうたい retreat JLPT N1
- 退化 たいか degeneration JLPT N1
- 退治 たいじ extermination JLPT N1
- 退職 たいしょく retirement JLPT N1