Grow with Kitty

ひきかえす

引き返す

hikikaesu

common

English

to turn back

नेपाली

फर्किनु

Examples

  1. 忘わすれ物ものに気きづいて、家いえに引ひき返かえしました。

    I realized I'd forgotten something and turned back toward home.

  2. 雪ゆきが激はげしくなったので、途中とちゅうで引ひき返かえしました。

    The snow got heavier, so I turned back partway.

  3. 天候てんこうの悪化あっかに伴ともない、飛行機ひこうきは出発しゅっぱつ地ちに引ひき返かえしました。

    Due to worsening weather, the plane turned back to the airport it had left from.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

引 4 strokes
返 7 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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