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拮 — 9 strokes / Radical「扌」

道
1University / general (hardest) / 9 strokes / Radical「扌」
On
カツ・ケツ・キツかつ・けつ・きつ · katsu · ketsu · kitsu
Kun
はたら.くhatara.ku
Meaning
to be strained

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand 扌 with 吉 as phonetic: to pull against each other.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拮抗きっこう

    rivalry; being evenly matched

  • 均衡きんこう

    balance

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

両者(りょうしゃ)の勢力(せいりょく)が拮抗(きっこう)している。

The two sides are evenly matched.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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