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却 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「卩」

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4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「卩」
On
キャクきゃく · kyaku
Kun
かえ.って・しりぞ.く・しりぞ.けるkae.tte · shirizo.ku · shirizo.keru
Meaning
instead; on the contrary; reject

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

去 with 卩: to draw back — to withdraw, to reject, and "on the contrary."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキャクきゃくkyaku却下きゃっか退却たいきゃく売却ばいきゃく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 却下きゃっか

    rejection; dismissal

  • 返却へんきゃく

    returning (an item)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

借(か)りた本(ほん)を図書(としょ)館(かん)に返却(へんきゃく)した。

I returned the borrowed book to the library.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 卩Map of reading キャクAll maps

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