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Kanji Grade 5 - 退

Kanji character Grade 5 退. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 退
About
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Kun: しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
On: タイ
9 strokes (also 8)
Radical: walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts: 込 艮
 
Onyomi
退役 【タイエキ】 retiring from military service
退院 【タイイン】 leaving hospital, discharge from hospital
進退 【シンタイ】 advance or retreat, moving forwards or backwards, movement, course of action, behaviour, conduct, attitude, remaining in one's post or resigning, staying or leaving
勇退 【ユウタイ】 bowing out, retiring voluntarily
 
Kunyomi
退く 【しりぞく】 to step back, to move back, to retreat, to withdraw (from the presence of a superior), to leave, to exit, to resign, to retire, to quit, to concede
退ける 【しりぞける】 to repel, to drive away, to repulse, to reject
退く 【ひく】 to move back, to draw back, to recede, to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to retire, to quit
退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede
退ける 【のける】 to put something out of the way, to move (something, someone) aside, to remove, to exclude, to take away, to set aside, to keep apart, to remove (someone) from the group, to shun, to do well despite difficulties, to accomplish despite adversity, to do resolutely, to do boldly
退く 【どく】 to step aside, to move (i.e. out of the way), to make way, to resign, to retire, to quit, to secede