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
Radical: 手
Reading: てへん
Meaning: hand
Strokes: 3
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.]
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
抗う (あらがう) to go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny