The kanji 帰: meaning, readings and stroke order

帰

Meaning: go home, return
On reading: キ ki
Kun reading: かえ（る） kaeru、かえ（す） kaesu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 刀 knife, sword
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 歸

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trở về (quy)
Japanese: かえる。
Korean: 돌아가다 (귀)
Chinese: 回去、回家 (归)

Readings, words and example sentences

キ ki · on reading

帰き国こく
go back to one's country
来月 帰き国こくします。
I will go back to my country next month.

かえ（る） kaeru · kun reading

帰かえる
go home, come back
学校から走って 帰かえりました。
I ran home from school.

かえ（す） kaesu · kun reading

帰かえす
send home
早めに子どもを 帰かえします。
We send the children home early.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.