逆 — inverted, reverse, opposite

ぎゃく逆 inverted

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+9006 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #683 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2109 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

inverted
reverse
opposite
wicked

word

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

逆(ぎゃく) gyaku reverse 逆(ぎゃく) に gyakuni conversely 逆(ぎゃく) 転(てん) gyakuten reversal

さか saka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

逆(さか) らう sakarau to oppose

Appears in idioms

悪逆無道四字熟語

bad, inverted, nothingness, road

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

屰 inverted person

辶 road

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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.

#162 辵 walk

逆 — inverted, reverse, opposite

Meanings

word

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

さか saka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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.

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逆 — inverted, reverse, opposite

Meanings

word

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

さか saka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

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.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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