退

Glyph origin
– to walk away from the sun, to retreat.

Current form is essentially, where the unrelated 艮 is a simplification of.

Cognate with.

Definitions

 * 1) to step back; to move backwards
 * 2) to withdraw; to leave
 * 3) to cause to move backward
 * 4) to recede; to fade; to ebb
 * 5) to return ; to refund
 * 6) to cancel; to call off

Synonyms






Kanji

 * 1) retreat, withdraw
 * 2) cause to retreat or withdraw: to drive out

Compounds

 * : exterminator
 * : to repel, to beat back, to get rid of, to force away, to reject forcefully
 * : exterminator
 * : to repel, to beat back, to get rid of, to force away, to reject forcefully
 * : exterminator
 * : to repel, to beat back, to get rid of, to force away, to reject forcefully