却 — instead, on the contrary, rather

きゃく却 instead

きゃく

U+5374 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #959 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1497 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

instead
on the contrary
rather
step back
withdraw
retreat

Readings

On'yomi: きゃく kyaku
Kun'yomi: かえ kae しりぞ shirizo

word

きゃく kyaku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

売(ばい) 却(きゃく) baikyaku sale 脱(だっ) 却(きゃく) dakkyaku escape 冷(れい) 却(きゃく) reikyaku cooling 焼(しょう) 却(きゃく) shoukyaku incineration 償(しょう) 却(きゃく) shoukyaku amortization 返(へん) 却(きゃく) henkyaku return 棄(き) 却(きゃく) kikyaku rejection 忘(ぼう) 却(きゃく) boukyaku lapse of memory

きゃっ kya

却(きゃっ) 下(か) kyakka rejection

Words by frequency and grade

10 words

Each dot is a word containing 却: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

さる去 leave

卩 seal

Used as component in (1)

きゃく脚 skids

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#26 卩 seal