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返 means 'return'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 263   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-6    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 20    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 72 words   Used in 258 words   Used in 92 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ヘン
Kun
   かえる to return, to come back   かえす to return (something)
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  反 anti  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 返 is used 14 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 返 is used 247 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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ヘン : 61 words FIND ALL
へ ん じ 0
reply; answer; response
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かえる : 149 words FIND ALL
か え す 1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to return (something); to restore; to put back  (see also: 帰す; esp. 返す)
2. to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
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かえる (read as がえ) : 36 words FIND ALL
う ら が え し 3
noun
1. inside out; upside down
2. flip side; opposite; contrary; reverse
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かえる (read as かえり) : 1 word FIND ALL
か え り ち 3
noun
return value (from a function, in programming)
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An additional かえ.す less common words include 返 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 412 (originally: 389)  Joy o' Kanji : 389  Key to Kanji: 949 

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返
ヘン   かえる to return, to come back   かえす to return (something)   
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反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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又
また again   
厂
cliff
⻌
move
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