EntryJLPT N1
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss

    彼の計画は退けられた。
    His plan was discarded.
  2. to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat

  3. to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away

  4. to force (someone) to leave their post; to oust; to remove; to expel

Also written 斥ける【しりぞける】却ける【しりぞける】

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Characters in this word

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retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject

Kun
しりぞ.くしりぞ.けるひ.くの.くの.けるど.く
On
タイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
424 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 27

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Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-3-6SKIP code
2q6.3The Kanji Dictionary
3730.3Four corner code
3865deroo
9000Unicode hex code
1-34-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4684Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6040New Nelson (John Haig)
3094New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3838Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1969Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2665Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1465Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1575Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
613A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1236AJapanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
459Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38839PMorohashi
746A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
846Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
865Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
839sakade
954Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769henshall3
703Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
348Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
687Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1477Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tui4Pinyin reading
toeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
27WaniKani level