return, answer, fade, repay
返 centers on the idea of something going back to its origin: returning, repaying, or answering. The sense of fading can be seen as a gradual return to a previous state.
返 combines 辶 (movement) with 反, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of turning back or reversing. Together they express returning or sending back.
The movement radical 辶 wraps around 反, which suggests turning back. Picture a path that loops back on itself, returning you to where you started.
For ヘン, imagine a hen returning to its coop: hen -> ヘン, and the hen always comes back home.
to return (something); to restore; to put back
repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle
reply; answer; response
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to repeat; to do over again
return gift; return favour
to return; to come back; to go back
return; restoration
refund; repayment; reimbursement
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
reply; answer
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
by return; (call or write back) without delay
returned goods; returning purchased goods
reward; compensation; repayment; something done or given in return
return of something; repayment
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
inside out; upside down
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
to look (stare) back at (someone)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
rally; recovery; comeback; rollback
to reread; to read again
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
sending back; return to sender
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page)
somersault; looping-the-loop
to reheat; to steam over
comeback (e.g. in business); reinstatement
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to reply; to respond
to send back