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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

666 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: confront, resist, defy, oppose

Kunyomi: あらが.う

Onyomi: コウ

Composition: 扌 亢

抗

Radical

Radical: 手

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

抗争(こうそう)   resistance

不可抗力(ふかこうりょく)   irresistible force

抗議する(こうぎする)   protest [v.i.]

反抗する(はんこうする)   resist, disobey [v.i.]

対抗する(たいこうする)   oppose [v.i.]

抵抗する(ていこうする)   resist, stand against [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

抗 (コウ) anti-

抗菌 (コウキン) antibacterial, antimicrobial

拮抗 (キッコウ) rivalry (between two equally strong sides), struggle for supremacy, competing (with), vying (with), contending (with), being an equal match (for)

無抵抗 (ムテイコウ) nonresistance

Kunyomi Examples

抗う (あらがう) to go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny

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