Moto 還: Send Back; ReturnKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン
- Kun'yomi
- かえ(る)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 72 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン)
- 返還へんかんreturn; restoration
- 帰還きかんrepatriation; return
- 償還しょうかんrepayment; redemption
- 還元かんげんrestoration; return
- 奪還だっかんrecovery; rescue
- 送還そうかんsending home; repatriation
- 還暦かんれき60th birthday
- 還流かんりゅうreturn current; convection
- 生還せいかんreturning alive; surviving
- 往還おうかんtraffic; coming and going
- アラ還アラかんaround sixty (years of age)
- 債務償還さいむしょうかんdebt redemption
- 償還期間しょうかんきかんredemption period; repayment term
- 償還義務者しょうかんぎむしゃguarantor (of a payment)
- 利益還元りえきかんげんreturning profits to customers; lowering prices to make up for profits (e.g. from exchange rate changes)
- 召還しょうかんrecall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back
- 大政奉還たいせいほうかんrestoration of imperial rule
- 大還暦だいかんれき120th birthday
- 奉還ほうかんrestoring to the emperor
- 帰還不能限界点きかんふのうげんかいてんthe point of no return
- 帰還兵きかんへいreturned soldier
- 帰還者きかんしゃreturnee
- 帰還難民きかんなんみんrepatriated refugee
- 強制送還きょうせいそうかんforced repatriation; deportation
- 未帰還者みきかんしゃunrepatriated person
- 沖縄返還協定おきなわへんかんきょうていOkinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
- 濃縮還元のうしゅくかんげん(of juice, etc.) "from concentrate"
- 版籍奉還はんせきほうかんthe return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
- 現象学的還元げんしょうがくてきかんげんphenomenological reduction
- 生還者せいかんしゃsurvivor
- 白紙還元はくしかんげんbeing returned (sent back) to the drawing board
- 社債償還しゃさいしょうかんbond redemption; debenture redemption
- 返還義務へんかんぎむobligation of restitution
- 還元みずあめかんげんみずあめreduced sugar syrup
- 還元分裂かんげんぶんれつmeiosis
- 還元剤かんげんざいreducing agent; reductant
- 還元水あめかんげんみずあめreduced sugar syrup
- 還元水飴かんげんみずあめreduced sugar syrup
- 還元糖かんげんとうreducing sugar
- 還元脱脂乳かんげんだっしにゅうreconstituted skim milk
- 還元酵素かんげんこうそreductase
- 還元鉄かんげんてつreduced iron
- 還啓かんけいreturn to the palace (usu. of the empress, crown prince, etc.)
- 還幸かんこうreturn of the Emperor (from a visit)
- 還幸祭かんこうさいfestival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine
- 還府金かんふきんrepayment money; refund
- 還暦土俵入りかんれきどひょういりformer grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
- 還暦横綱手数入りかんれきよこづなでずいりformer grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
- 還水かんすいcondensate return
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 本卦還りほんけがえりreaching age of 60; dotage
- 虎は千里往って千里還るとらはせんりいってせんりかえるa parent will do anything for their child; a tiger will walk a thousand leagues and a thousand leagues back (for its cub)
- 還すかえすto send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
- 還りかえりreturn; coming back
- 還るかえるto return; to come home
Other readings
- 還付かんぷreturn; restoration
- 税金還付ぜいきんかんぷtax refund
- 還付税かんぷぜいtax refund
- 還付金かんぷきんrefund
- 還俗げんぞくreturn to secular life; secularization
- 還元酵素阻害剤かんげんこうそうそがいざいreductase inhibitor
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