Entry
  1. Noun

    rat guard (device placed on storehouse pillars, mooring ropes, pipes, etc. to block the passage of rats)

Also written ネズミ返し【ねずみがえし】鼠返し【ねずみがえし】

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Characters in this word

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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

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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