却 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• キャクJHS

Kun (native)

• かえ(って)
• しりぞ(く)
• しりぞ(ける)

Other languages

• 拼音que4
• 한글gag
• Hán-ViệtKhước
• Hán-ViệtNgang
• Hán-ViệtTức

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

卩(わりふ)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+5374

grid_viewComponents

• 卩わりふ
• 厶む
• 土つち

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰去卩

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 却下きゃっか申請、訴えなどを不適法として、取り上げないこと。 日本の裁判、特に民事裁判において、手続きの不備、当事者適格の欠如、訴えの利益がない、管轄や審級が異なるなどの理由により、事実など実体の判断をせずに裁判を打ち切ること。rejection, dismissal
• 却ってかえってon the contrary, rather, instead, all the more
• 却行きゃっこうあとずさりすること。後退すること。drawing back, stepping back, retreating

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(71 results)

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• 叝One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 卻Variant

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-5-2

Four Corner

4772.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

2e5.3

Heisig

1497

Nelson

808