noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. restoration, return.
  2. Chemistry term.reduction, resolution, deoxidization, deoxidation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
還元 かんげん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

send back, return
かえ.る カン (9th, N1)
round, stare
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
long kimono
エン オン (Kentei 1)
good luck(吉) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ ころも きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)