返事

へんじ

Mnemonic

Something turned round and sent back down the road, and the matter itself. A hen へん could have carried it quicker: you sent it on Tuesday and there is still nothing in the box: へんじ.

Worth knowing

Same 返 as 返すかえす. 返事する is to reply, and 返事がない is the silence you get instead.

Built from

返

return, give back

辶 road + 反 turn over

事

thing, matter

A hand gripping a banner, an affair being conducted, not an object.

Words sharing these kanji

返す to return, to repay 繰り返す to repeat 振り返る to turn one's head, to look back on 事 thing, incident 仕事 work, job 大事 important, precious 事実 fact, truth 無事 safely, peacefully 事件 affair, case 食事 meal, dinner 事情 circumstances, conditions 事態 situation, state of affairs

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