Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    return throw (esp. from an outfielder)

    Baseball

    彼らはどんな体勢で捕っても地肩が強いからいい返球ができる。
    Their shoulders are strong no matter what stance they are in so they can throw back to the pitcher well.
  2. returning the ball (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)

    Sports

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ball, sphere

Kun
たま
On
キュウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
302 of 2500
Radical
jade
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-7SKIP code
4f7.2The Kanji Dictionary
1313.2Four corner code
3142deroo
7403Unicode hex code
1-21-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2941Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3643New Nelson (John Haig)
969New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
935Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1359Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
845Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21011Morohashi
257A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
726Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188sakade
736Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
275henshall3
370Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
935Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.7busy_people
1319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
944Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qiu2Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level