Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    change of course; changing direction

  2. shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat

    Obsolete termused in place of 退却 by the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII

Also written 転針【てんしん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

revolve, turn around, change

Kun
ころ.がるころ.げるころ.がすころ.ぶまろ.ぶうたたうつ.るくる.めく
On
テン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
327 of 2500
Radical
cart
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-7-4SKIP code
7c4.3The Kanji Dictionary
5103.1Four corner code
1571deroo
8ee2Unicode hex code
1-37-30JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4615Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5948New Nelson (John Haig)
1480New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1872Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
995Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1346Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
420Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
449Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
339A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1656Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
515Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38234PMorohashi
354A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
433Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
479sakade
257Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
375henshall3
383Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
65Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.16busy_people
1773Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
427Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhuan3, zhuai3, zhuan4Pinyin reading
jeonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

advance, proceed, progress, promote

Kun
すす.むすす.める
On
シン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
142 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

のぶ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-8, 3-2-8SKIP code
2q8.1The Kanji Dictionary
3030.1Four corner code
2475deroo
9032Unicode hex code
1-31-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4709Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6073New Nelson (John Haig)
3121New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3873Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1991Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2689Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
561Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
603Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
175A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1503Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38943PMorohashi
326A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
437Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
443Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259sakade
262Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343henshall3
378Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
156crowley
267Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.14busy_people
702Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
568Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jin4Pinyin reading
jinKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level