The kanji 還: meaning, readings and stroke order

還

Meaning: return, give back
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 16
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trở về, trả lại (hoàn)
Japanese: もとへかえる。かえす。
Korean: 돌아오다, 돌려주다 (환)
Chinese: 返回、归还 (还)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading · less common

返へん還かん
giving back, return
土地を 返へん還かんします。
The land will be given back.

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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.