退く

• 読み: どく
• ローマ字: doku
• 漢字の分解: 退 (tai/do) — retreat, withdraw, step aside
• 発音: /do.kɯ/

意味

To step aside; to move out of the way; to withdraw; to retreat.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb conjugated with the く row (退かない, 退きます). When read as どく, it is a casual, spoken form meaning 'to get out of the way' — often used as a direct request (どいて！, move!). The same kanji can be read as しりぞく (more formal, to retreat/resign) or ひく (to withdraw). The どく reading is the most colloquial and frequently heard in daily life.

例文

1. ちょっとそこ退いてくれる？
2. 熱い鍋が来るから退いてください。
3. 道を塞いでいた猫がやっと退いた。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, spoken language, requests

トーン: direct

起源と歴史

The kanji 退 combines 辶 (movement) and an element suggesting withdrawal. The colloquial reading どく likely developed as a shortened spoken form, distinct from the more literary しりぞく reading.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal