Memory phrase for the Kanji: 返

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Left: movement 辶, right: against/opposition 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing!)

A movement into the 'opposite' means to return.

辶	movement	The radical shinnyuu* stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴*
反	opposition
厂	cliff	The Radical gandare* stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.*
又	hand	Several characters are used for hand: , 扌, 手, ヨ

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返す	かえす	to return something
唇を返す	くちびるをかえす	talking bad about sb.
返事	へんじ	reply, answer
宙返り	ちゅうがえり	somersault, looping-the-loop
引っ繰り返す	ひっくりかえす	to turn over, to knock over, to upset
引っ繰り返る	ひっくりかえる	to be overturned, to be upset, to topple over, to be reversed
引返す	ひきかえす	to repeat, to send back, to bring back
折り返す	おりかえす	to turn up, to fold back
振り返る	ふりかえる	to turn head, to look over one's shoulder, to turn around, to look back

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