Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to come back (to); to return to a starting point

    面倒なようでも、基本に立ち返って検討し直したらどうだろう。急がば回れ、というじゃない。
    It may seem like a hassle, but I think you ought to go back to the basics and start over. Haste makes waste they say.

Also written 立ち帰る【たちかえる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stand up, rise, set up, erect

Kun
た.つ-た.つた.ち-た.てる-た.てるた.て-たて--た.て-だ.て-だ.てる
On
リツリュウリットル
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
58 of 2500
Radical
stand
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

たちたったつだてつい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-3, 4-5-2SKIP code
5b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0010.8Four corner code
473deroo
7acbUnicode hex code
1-46-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3343Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4223New Nelson (John Haig)
1992New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2486Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1257Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1723Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
431Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
462Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
194Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
72Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25721Morohashi
73A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
121Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
121Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149sakade
78Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
37henshall3
49Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
35crowley
174Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
1459Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
438Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li4Pinyin reading
ribKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

return, answer, fade, repay

Kun
かえ.す-かえ.すかえ.る-かえ.る
On
ヘン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
685 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-4SKIP code
2q4.5The Kanji Dictionary
3130.4Four corner code
3367deroo
8fd4Unicode hex code
1-42-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4670Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6020New Nelson (John Haig)
3060New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3797Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
725Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
586A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
307Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38758PMorohashi
389A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
442Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316sakade
950Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
412henshall3
289Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
477crowley
184Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
681Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
733Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fan3Pinyin reading
banKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level