退
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to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辵 +6
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 退
- Common rank
- #635
- Unicode
- U+9000
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 退 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 meaning “walk” + 艮 sound ()
Components 辶 艮
How to remember it
retreat · Heisig RSH #1147
silver + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 退
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无路可退 | without a retreat route; caught in a dead end; having burned one's bridges | |
| 退行性 | degenerative; retrograde | |
| 退出运行 | to decommission | |
| 进退不得 | can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver; stalled; in a dilemma; stuck in a … | |
| 进退无路 | to have no alternative (idiom) | |
| 进退自如 | free to come and go (idiom); to have room to maneuver | |
| 不知进退 | not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety | |
| 全身而退 | (idiom) to escape unscathed; to get through in one piece | |
| 退市 | to be delisted (of a listed stock); to exit the market | |
| 退水 | to divert water; to drain | |
| 退学 | to quit school | |
| 退化 | to degenerate; atrophy | |
| 退行 | to recede; to degenerate; to regress | |
| 知难而退 | (lit.) to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); (fig.) to back o… | |
| 三退 | withdrawal from the Communist Party, the Communist Youth League, and the Young Pioneers of… | |
| 退下 | to step down; to retire; to withdraw from one's role | |
| 退出 | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) | |
| 进退为难 | no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an… | |
| 一退六二五 | see 一推六二五[yi1 tui1 liu4 er4 wu3] | |
| 进退有常 | to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are pos… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 艮 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound part | blunt; tough, chewy | |
| 眼 | eyelet, hole, opening | |
| 根 | root, basis, foundation | |
| 银 | silver; cash, money, wealth | |
| 限 | boundary, limit, line | |
| 恨 | to dislike, to hate, to resent | |
| 跟 | heel; to accompany, to follow; with | |
| 痕 | scar, mark; vestige, trace | |
| 龈 | gums | |
| 狠 | vicious, fierce, cruel | |
| 垦 | to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim | |
| 恳 | sincere, earnest, cordial | |
| 垠 | boundary, river bank | |
| 哏 | the clamor of an argument; funny; odd | |
| 很 | very, quite, much | |
| 茛 | ranunculus | |
| 裉 | a garment seam |