却 — kanji meaning “instead”
却
instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat
- Meanings
- instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat
- On'yomi
- キャク (kyaku)
- Kun'yomi
- かえ.って、しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #959 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 26
- Chinese reading
- què — Chinese character page
Words with 却
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 売却 | ばいきゃく baikyaku | selling off; disposal by sale; sale |
| 却下 | きゃっか kyakka | rejection; dismissal |
| 冷却 | れいきゃく reikyaku | cooling; refrigeration |
| 返却 | へんきゃく henkyaku | return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back |
| 棄却 | ききゃく kikyaku | rejection; dismissal; turning down |
| 焼却 | しょうきゃく shoukyaku | incineration; destruction by fire |
| 脱却 | だっきゃく dakkyaku | ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of |
| 退却 | たいきゃく taikyaku | retreat; withdrawal; retirement |
| 償却 | しょうきゃく shoukyaku | repayment; redemption |
| 忘却 | ぼうきゃく boukyaku | lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion |
| 却って | かえって kaette | on the contrary; rather; instead |
| 滅却 | めっきゃく mekkyaku | extinguishment; destruction; effacement |
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