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逆 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「⻌」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「⻌」
On
ギャクぎゃく · gyaku
Kun
さか・さか(らう)saka · saka(rau)
Meaning
reverse; opposite; to go against

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻌ "to go" plus 屰 "a person upside down"; meeting someone coming the other way — "reverse, to oppose."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onギャクぎゃくgyaku逆上ぎゃくじょう逆転ぎゃくてん順逆じゅんぎゃく
Kunさかsaka逆立つさかだつ逆ささかさ逆さまさかさま
Kunさからうsakarau逆らうさからう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 逆転ぎゃくてん

    reversal; turnaround

  • 逆立ちさかだち

    handstand

More words with this kanji

  • 逆鱗げきりん
  • 叛逆はんぎゃく
  • 莫逆ばくぎゃく
  • 吃逆しゃっくり
  • 弑逆しいぎゃく
  • 忤逆ごぎゃく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

最後(さいご)の回(かい)で試合(しあい)が逆転(ぎゃくてん)した。

The game turned around in the last inning.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

逆立ち逆転逆立stand転roll述to sta…迷to los…造to bui…過to pas…適suitab…虐tyrann…瘧ague謔to jes…繳to han…
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Compound

Map of radical ⻌Map of reading ギャクAll maps

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

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