# 退 — Retreat

Frequency rank 612 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 丸 (Circle), less common than 痛 (Pain).

- On’yomi: たい
- Kun’yomi: しりぞ
- Radical: 辵 Walk (Kangxi 162)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A scooter on the bottom tries to carry someone good on top, but the good person falls off and must retreat.

In words:

- 退院 たいいん・する — to leave hospital
- 退く どく — (1) to retreat,to recede,to withdraw
- 退ける どける — to remove,to take away,to dislodge,to put something out of the way

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