# 帰 go back home

刀 (sword) + (snout) + (swordswallower)
★★★★★
10 strokes

## Onyomi

KI | When you go home you need the KEY to get in.

## Mnemonic

| I know the right-bottom radical is 'sword-swallower', but let's just pretend it's plain old 'dagger' instead. thus: I got my sword pointed at your ugly snout, and my dagger pointed at your ugly hat, you need to get your ass home before I kill you!!! Punk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

## Kunyomi

( に or へ ) かえ＊る | go home ★★★★★

## Jukugo

帰宅(きたく) する | go home. (a little formal) ★☆☆☆☆ F 帰 (go back home) + 宅 (residence) = 帰宅 (go home. (a little formal))
帰国(きこく) に or へ | return to one's home country. ★☆☆☆☆ 帰 (go back home) + 国 (country) = 帰国 (return to one's home country.)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
掃 | sweep | HAND | 手
帰 | go back home | SWORD | 刀
侵 | perpetrate | PERSON | 人
浸 | immerse | WATER | 水

You use your HANDS to clean,

but use your SWORD to go home

(since there are zombies in your driveway, duh).

A PERSON perpetrates a crime by immersing a wicked witch in WATER. That might have been cool in the '40s but now it's a hate-crime.

## Synonyms

go home 帰る 帰宅