帰

Meaning

Return, go home · volver, regresar

Readings

• On (音読み): キ
• Kun (訓読み): かえ.る・かえ.す

Example words

• 帰る（かえる）— to go home; return
• 帰り（かえり）— the way home; return
• 帰国（きこく）— returning to one's country

Structure

Radical 巾 (はば・はばへん · Cloth, turban) · 10 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

帰る = go back to where you belong (home, your country): 家に帰る, volver a casa. Going back to a place you just left is 戻る. Godan despite ending in -eru: 帰ります, 帰って — never ×帰ます. 返す (give back an object) is also かえす.