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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

959 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat

Kunyomi: かえ.って, しりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける

Onyomi: キャク

Composition: 去 卩

却

Radical

Radical: 卩

Meaning: kneel

Reading: ふしづくり

Frequency: 40

Alternative forms:

㔾

卩

Examples

Onyomi Examples

焼却 (ショウキャク) incineration, destruction by fire

償却 (ショウキャク) repayment, redemption, depreciation, amortization, amortisation

Kunyomi Examples

却って (かえって) on the contrary, rather, instead, all the more

退ける (しりぞける) to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to dismiss, to repel, to repulse, to drive away, to beat off, to defeat, to make (someone) leave, to send away, to turn away, to force (someone) to leave their post, to oust, to remove, to expel

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