漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
抗: confront, resist
Also: defy, oppose
JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 亢(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 亢 gives the sound
7 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 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.]
Also read あらがう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · kàng
Same form: 抗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 抗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 抗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kàng 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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