Hanja Analyzer
退

退 — toe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
물러날 퇴
Romanization
toe
English
step back, retreat, withdraw
Mandarin
tuì
Japanese on'yomi
タイ, トン
Japanese kun'yomi
しりぞ.く しりぞ.ける ひ.く の.く の.ける ど.く
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#424 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
辵 (162, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
艮
Unicode
U+9000

Parts that make up 退

  • 艮 괘이름 간sound 돌아보는 눈‘간·안·한’ 계열의 소리
  • ⻌ variant of 辶 네거리와 발가고 오는 일, 길 위의 움직임

How 退 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 退 as a ideographic compound involving 皀, 夊.

Korean example words with 退

  • 서퇴暑退 Korean gloss: 더위가 물러감
  • 일퇴日退 Korean gloss: 나날이 퇴보함
  • 자퇴自退 Korean gloss: 스스로 물러남
  • 퇴출退出 Korean gloss: 물러나서 나감
  • 퇴로退路 Korean gloss: 뒤로 물러날 길
  • 격퇴擊退 Korean gloss: 적을 쳐서 물리침
  • 패퇴敗退 Korean gloss: 싸움에 지고 물러감
  • 겸퇴謙退 Korean gloss: 겸손히 사양하고 물러남
  • 퇴창退倉 Korean gloss: 군대의 영창에서 풀려남
  • 사퇴辭退 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 그만두고 물러섬
  • 퇴청退廳 Korean gloss: 관청에서 근무를 마치고 퇴근함
  • 중퇴中退 Korean gloss: ‘중도 퇴학’을 줄여 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 退

  • 撤退てったい evacuation; withdrawal; revocation
  • 退職たいしょく retirement; resignation
  • 引退いんたい retirement
  • 後退こうたい retreat; falling back; moving backwards
  • 脱退だったい withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving
  • 退陣たいじん resignation; stepping down; retirement
  • 進退しんたい advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; movement
  • 中退ちゅうたい leaving school during a term
  • 退任たいにん retirement; resignation; stepping down
  • 辞退じたい declining; refusal; nonacceptance
  • 退院たいいん leaving hospital; discharge from hospital
  • 退場たいじょう leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout

Characters sharing the phonetic 艮

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “퇴”

Other hanja with radical 辵

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