ヘン, かえ.す, -かえ.す, かえ.る, -かえ.る
return, answer, fade, repay

This kanji has 6 strokes: 7 in the "road" radical (しんにゅう)

Sample compounds (44) :


  1. かえる
    (I) to return, to come back, to go back
  2. ごった
    ごったがえす
    to be in confusion or commotion, to be in a turmoil, be crowded or jammed with people
  3. ひっくり
    ひっくりかえす
    to turn over, to overturn, to knock over, to upset, to turn inside out

  4. へんじ
    (vs) reply, answer

  5. うらがえす
    to turn inside out, to turn the other way, to turn (something) over

  6. しかえし
    (vs) being even with, reprisal, tit for tat, retaliation, revenge

  7. だいへん
    (vs) answer a roll call for another

  8. つくりかえす
    to remake

  9. へんじょう
    (vs) give up, relinquish, serve up, let loose

  10. よびかえす
    to call back, to recall

  11. かえりざき
    comeback (e.g. in business), second bloom, reflowering, reflorescence

  12. むせかえる
    to choke, to sob convulsively

  13. へんぽう
    (vs) requital

  14. ちゅうがえり
    somersault, looping-the-loop

  15. ねがえり
    turning over while sleeping in bed, betrayal, double-crossing

  16. まきかえし
    rally, recovery, rollback

  17. おうへん
    round trip

  18. おれかえる
    to tell again & again, to repeat, to refrain, to turn up, to turn down

  19. おりかえす
    to turn up, to fold back

  20. なげかえす
    to throw back

  21. おしかえす
    to force back, to jostle

  22. ふりかえる
    to turn head, to look over one's shoulder, to turn around, to look back

  23. ゆりかえし
    aftershock, afterquake

  24. わきかえる
    to seethe, to boil up, to get exited, to be in uproar

  25. へんさい
    (vs) repayment

  26. にかえす
    to warm over

  27. てりかえす
    to reflect, to throw back light

  28. おもいかえす
    (vt) to re-think, to think back upon, to change one's mind

  29. もりかえす
    to rally, to make a comeback

  30. へんれい
    (vs) returning a favor, revenge

  31. たちかえる
    to turn back

  32. へんのう
    (vs) returning (to the authorities), restoring

  33. とりかえす
    to regain, to recover, to get back

  34. わかがえる
    to be rejuvenated, to feel young again

  35. むしかえす
    to reheat, to steam over, to bring up again, to take up again a problem that has been dealt with

  36. みかえし
    look back over the shoulder, triumph over, inside the cover

  37. みかえす
    to look (stare) back at, to triumph over

  38. いいかえす
    to repeat, to talk back, to answer back

  39. ききかえす
    to ask in return, to ask again, to listen repeatedly

  40. はねかえる
    to rebound

  41. おいかえす
    to turn away, to send away

  42. へんかん
    (vs) return, restoration

  43. といかえす
    to ask again, to ask back

  44. へんでん
    reply telegram
Kanji Character : 返
Kuten Encoding : 4254
SJIS Encoding : 4a56
Unicode Encoding : 8fd4
Old Nelson Index : 4670
Radical Number : 162
Frequency Ranking : 529
Gakken Index : 586
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 3060
Heisig Index : 725
Henshall Index : 389
New Nelson Index : 6020
Stroke Count : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2q4.5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : q
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 442
SKIP Code : 3-3-4
De Roo Code : 3367
Four Corner Code : 3130.4
Korean reading : ban
Pinyin reading : fan3
Morohashi Index String : 38758P
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 11.0015
Morohashi Index Number : 38758
Morohashi Page : 15
Morohashi Volume : 11
Morohashi entry is Prime : true
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3367
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