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抗 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
4Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
あらが(う)araga(u)
Meaning
resist; oppose

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 亢 "to raise high": to put up a hand and hold off — to resist.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō抗争こうそう抗議こうぎ対抗たいこう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 抵抗ていこう

    resistance

  • 抗議こうぎ

    protest

More words with this kanji

  • 拮抗きっこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

住民(じゅうみん)は建設(けんせつ)に抗議(こうぎ)した。

The residents protested against the construction.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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