Memory phrase for the character: 戻

戻

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Meaning

return, bring back, restore

Pronunciation

REI
modoru/su

Explanation

 Outside: door 戸, below: big 大

Mnemonic
 
(From a distance the door still appears small, but:) The door 戸 gets bigger 大 and bigger (the closer you get) when you return.

Radicals

戸 doorThe radical todare shows a sliding door 尸 mounted in an upper guide/rail.
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.




 Vocabulary

取り戻す とりもどす  to take back, to regain
戻す もどす  to restore, to put back, to return
戻る もどる  to turn back, to return
払い戻す はらいもどす  to repay, to pay back

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