戻 means “go back, return”

もどる · modoru

Also: re-, revert, resume

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): もどす, もどる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): レイ

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

A door (戸) with something big (大) squeezing back through it: picture the family dog coming home. 戻る is going back to where you were, and it's the word on the back button of Japanese websites and apps.

Used in 戻る (modoru, to go back), 戻す (modosu, to put back), and 払い戻し (haraimodoshi, refund)

戻 means “go back, return”

The story

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