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), rising and falling (of a bird)
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
Kanji
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
手
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), rising and falling (of a bird)
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