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戻 means 'return'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 524   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 26    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 12 words   Used in 69 words   Used in 18 names   Component in 3 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   レイ
Kun
   もどる to return   もどす to send back
Variants
戾  
Notes
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With the eminently useful 戻 kanji, you can talk about returning to a place, recovering from illness or jet lag, and making up with someone. Mastering 戻 enables you to say, "We can't backslide," "He brought the world back to its senses," "We must work hard to make up for lost time," "I'd like a refund," "The article revived my passion for Eastern religions," and much more!
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Components
⿸  戸 door  大 big  
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See also
房 room  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 戻 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 戻 is used 67 times, read 2 ways.
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レイ : 6 words FIND ALL
へ ん れ い 0
returning; giving back
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もどる : 61 words FIND ALL
も ど る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2. to return; to go back
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An additional 3 less common words include 戻 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1920  Joy o' Kanji : 1920  Key to Kanji: - 

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戻
レイ   もどる to return   もどす to send back   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
戸
コ   と door   
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尸
corpse
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