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Kanji Detail for 却 - "rather, to retreat"

却

  • Meaning

    却 means "rather, to retreat." Also associated with to reject.

    1. Rather - On the contrary; conversely.

    2. To retreat - To step back; to withdraw.

    3. To reject - To refuse; to push back.

    4. Completion - Added to verbs to mean "completely" or "finished."

  • Words using 却

    • 売却 ばいきゃく Listen selling off; disposal by sale; sale
    • 冷却 れいきゃく Listen cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.)
    • 償却 しょうきゃく Listen repayment; redemption; depreciation
    • 焼却 しょうきゃく Listen incineration; destruction by fire
    • 脱却 だっきゃく Listen ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of
    • 棄却 ききゃく Listen rejection; dismissal; turning down
    • 減価償却 げんかしょうきゃく Listen depreciation
    • 返却 へんきゃく Listen return of something; repayment

  • Four-character idioms with 却

    • 心頭滅却 しんとうめっきゃく Listen clearing one's mind of all worldly thoughts

  • Tattoo check: 却

    • Verified meaning: rather, to retreat
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to reject

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    still, but; decline; retreat

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 卻|却[que4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    still, but; decline; retreat

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyaku(キャク) キャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kae.tte(かえ-って) かえ-って

    shirizo.keru(しりぞ-ける) しりぞ-ける

    shirizo.ku(しりぞ-く) しりぞ-く

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    卩 (fushizukuri・warifu)

  • Related Keywords

    rather to retreat to reject completion however instead nevertheless on the contrary but conversely refuse decline withdraw notwithstanding regardless although despite

Sentences including 却

  • Did you take the book back to the library?

  • I'd like to return a car.

  • The government turned down the request.

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