# 還 — send back

還 means “send back”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. On'yomi: カン (kan). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: send back
- On'yomi: カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 16
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Moving 1

## How to remember 還

Parts: 罒 net · 口 mouth; box · 𧘇 robe hem · 辶 road

## Don't confuse it with

[環](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ring/) · [遠](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/far/) · [遣](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dispatch/)

## More in the “Moving 1” set

[渉](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/ford/) · [離](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/detach/) · [遣](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dispatch/) · [踏](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/step-on/) · [避](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/avoid/) · [崩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/crumble/) · [撤](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pull-back/) · [躍](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/leap/) · [還](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/send-back/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/send-back/. Last updated 2026-11-01.