卻 — kanji meaning “instead”
卻
instead, on the contrary, rather
- Meanings
- instead, on the contrary, rather
- On'yomi
- キャク (kyaku)
- Kun'yomi
- かえ.って、しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける
- Strokes
- 9
- Classical radical
- 26
- Chinese reading
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