• 帰かえる — to return
• 帰国きこく — return to one’s country
• 帰宅きたく — returning home
• 帰省きせい — returning to one’s hometown
• 帰かえり道みち — way back
• 帰属きぞく — affiliation, belonging

The kanji 帰 includes components for “go” and “cloth,” with the older form including a woman radical. Originally, it suggested a woman returning to her family or home — and eventually broadened to mean simply “to return.”

何時なんじに帰かえりますか。
What time will you return?

夏休なつやすみに実家じっかに帰かえりました。
I went back to my parents’ house for summer break.

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 帰.