抗 — Chinese character
抗
kàng
to defy, to fight, to resist
- Pinyin
- kàng
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 扌 亢
- Formation
- ideographic — Fighting 亢 with bare hands 扌; 亢 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 抗 as a kanji
Common words with 抗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抗议 (抗議) | kàng yì | to protest; protest |
| 对抗 (對抗) | duì kàng | to withstand; to resist |
| 反抗 | fǎn kàng | to resist; to rebel |
| 抗日 | kàng Rì | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) |
| 抗战 (抗戰) | kàng zhàn | war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) |
| 抵抗 | dǐ kàng | to resist; resistance |
| 抗争 (抗爭) | kàng zhēng | to resist; to make a stand and fight (against) |
| 抗拒 | kàng jù | to resist; to defy |
| 抗生素 | kàng shēng sù | antibiotic |
| 抗衡 | kàng héng | to compete with; to vie with |
| 抗体 (抗體) | kàng tǐ | (immunology) antibody |
| 抗击 (抗擊) | kàng jī | to resist (an aggressor); to oppose (a menace) |
English words written with 抗
抗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.