帰 (kaeru) Kanji Meaning: "Homecoming" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: Broom in hand, someone sweeps their way back home: return.

帰 means homecoming

arrive at, lead to, result in

Broom in hand, someone sweeps their way back home: return.

On'yomi

  • キki

Kun'yomi

  • かえ(る)kaeru
  • かえ(す)kaesu
  • おく(る)okuru
  • とつ(ぐ)totsugu

How it's built

  • 刂knife
  • 帚broom

Common words

  • 帰りかえりreturn; coming back
  • 帰京ききょうreturning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital
  • 帰すかえすto send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
  • 帰国きこくreturn to one's country

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 歸Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 歸Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 歸Seal
  4. Today
Written 歸 before Japan's postwar reform.

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