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

    to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from

    Usually written using kana alone

    医師が患者の秘密を漏らすのは道義にもとる。
    It is not ethical for a doctor to reveal confidences.

Also written 戻る【もとる】

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Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be contrary

Kun
もと.る
On
ハイボツ
Strokes
10
Radical
heart

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-3-7, 1-3-6SKIP code
4k6.4The Kanji Dictionary
9404.7Four corner code
6096Unicode hex code
1-56-03JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1699Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1869New Nelson (John Haig)
420New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10663Morohashi
bei4Pinyin reading
pae, balKorean reading