Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

却: instead, on the contrary

Also: rather, step back, withdraw, retreat

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

卩 carries the meaning · 去 gives the sound

7 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

キャクkyaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 売却ばいきゃくselling off; disposal by sale; sale
  • 冷却れいきゃくcooling; refrigeration
  • 償却しょうきゃくrepayment; redemption
  • 焼却しょうきゃくincineration; destruction by fire
  • 脱却だっきゃくridding oneself; freeing oneself of
  • 棄却ききゃくrejection; dismissal; turning down
  • 返却へんきゃくreturn (of something borrowed or entrusted)

かえってkaette · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 却ってかえってon the contrary; rather; instead

Also read しりぞく, しりぞける, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Someone is kneeling before a high authority! This radical represents respect, social standing, and the official stamps that mark a person's role in society.”
More in the 卩 seal story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
去

Also built on gone (去)

The 去 sound family doesn't share one reading.

卩

Also built on seal (卩)

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却 gives its sound to

The family reading is キャク (kyaku). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read キャク

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
却 instead · 卩
vs法 method · 氵
却 has 卩 where 法 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · què

Same form: 却 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
却 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
却 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin què most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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