Kanji
N3 9 strokes Grade 6 freq #424

retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

walk shinnyō

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

evacuation; withdrawal
retirement; resignation
retirement
retreat; falling back
resignation; stepping down
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession
advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards
retirement; resignation
leaving school during a term
declining; refusal

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

eviction

Example sentences

The defeated army retreated from the country.

He was hounded into quitting.

My father is retiring next spring.

He retired because of the loss of his health.