却

common

キャク/KYAKU/    かえ.って/kae.tte/    しりぞ.く/shirizo.ku/    しりぞ.ける/shirizo.keru/KYAKU/キャク/    kae.tte/かえ.って/    shirizo.ku/しりぞ.く/    shirizo.keru/しりぞ.ける/

instead;  on the contrary;  rather

Radical: 卩 (seal).   Strokes: 7画.   Elements: 土卩厶.   Variants: 卻.   Pinyin: què.   Hangul: 각 [gag].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
キャクKYAKU退却【たいきゃくtaikyaku】retreat; withdrawal; retirement
冷却期間【れいきゃくきかんreikyakukikan】cooling-off period
忘却【ぼうきゃくbōkyaku】lapse of memory; forgetfulness; oblivion
かえってkaette却って【かえってkaette】on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
しりぞけるshirizokeru却ける【しりぞけるshirizokeru】to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
Codepoints and classification codes:
5374–Unicode
21-49–JIS X 0208
1-5-2–SKIP
2e5.3–TKD
4772.0–Four Corner
1444–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
808–Classic Nelson
631–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1118–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
761–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1395–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1252–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1680–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
2856–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 632
1145–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
1783–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1114–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1101–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1616–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
252–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1407–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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