退 is the Japanese kanji for retire, retreat, withdraw, resign, repel, expel, reject. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける、ひ.く and its on reading is タイ.
Stroke order
Words with 退
- 退くto step back, to move back, to retreat
- 退けるto put something out of the way, to move (something, someone) aside
- 退くto step aside, to move (out of the way), to make way
- 退職retirement, resignation
- 引退retirement
- 撤退evacuation, withdrawal, revocation
Practice 退 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.