Kanji Detail for 卻 - "retreat, reject, instead, complete"

卻

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
卻 means "retreat, reject, instead, complete."
1. Retreat - To step back; to withdraw.
2. Reject - To push away; to refuse.
3. Instead - On the contrary; conversely.
4. Complete - To finish an action (verbal suffix).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

instead; on the contrary; rather

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

still, but; decline; retreat

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

still, but; decline; retreat

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Not accepting and returning it. Such as 卻之不恭 (it would be disrespectful to decline). See (Mencius). | To retreat. Such as repelling the enemy is also called 卻敵. | A particle. Meaning "finished." Such as 瘦卻, 忘卻. | Also. At the beginning of each chapter in novels, 卻說 continues from the previous text.
Onyomi

kyaku(きゃく)
Kunyomi

kae.tte(かえって)

shirizo.keru(しりそける)

shirizo.ku(しりぞく)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

卩 (fushizukuri・warifu)
Related Keywords
retreat step withdraw reject push refuse instead contrary conversely complete finish action