抗 — kanji meaning “confront”
抗
confront, resist, defy, oppose
- Meanings
- confront, resist, defy, oppose
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- あらが.う
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #666 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- kàng — Chinese character page
Words with 抗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵抗 | ていこう teikou | resistance; opposition; standing up to |
| 対抗 | たいこう taikou | opposition; rivalry; competition |
| 抗議 | こうぎ kougi | protest; objection |
| 反抗 | はんこう hankou | opposition; resistance; insubordination |
| 抗争 | こうそう kousou | rivalry; feud; conflict |
| 抗体 | こうたい koutai | antibody |
| 抗菌 | こうきん koukin | antibacterial; antimicrobial |
| 抗戦 | こうせん kousen | resistance |
| 抗原 | こうげん kougen | antigen |
| 抗日 | こうにち kounichi | resistance against Japanese aggression; anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.) |
| 抗告 | こうこく koukoku | appeal; protest; complaint |
| 拮抗 | きっこう kikkou | rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with) |
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