踵を返す (きびすをかえす) — to turn on one's heel, to turn back, to return | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to turn on one's heel to turn back and to return

Practice Writing

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Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

to turn on one's heel, to turn back, to return

きびすをかえす

踵

かかと, くび.す, ショウ

𧾷

口

くち, コウ, ク

止

と.まる, -ど.まり, シ

卜

( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

うらな.う, うらない, ボク

重

heavy, important, esteem...

え, おも.い, ジュウ

千

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

里

ri, village, parent's home...

千

十

とお, と, ジュウ

返

return, answer, fade...

かえ.す, -かえ.す, ヘン

辶

walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)

反

そ.る, そ.らす, ハン

𠂆

又

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

また, また-, ユウ

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