Chinese symbol for “plea”
抗辩
kàng biàn
Traditional: 抗辯
to counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plea is 抗辩 (kàng biàn), defined as: to counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate; to retort; to plead; to demur.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “plea”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抗辩.
| 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 |
| 辩论 (辯論) | biàn lùn | debate; argument |
| 辩护 (辯護) | biàn hù | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plea”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.