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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

拒: repel, refuse

Also: reject, decline

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 巨 gives the sound

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

キョkyo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 拒否きょひ
  • 拒絶きょぜつrefusal; rejection
  • 拒否権きょひけんright of veto
  • 拒絶反応きょぜつはんのう(transplant) rejection
  • 拒食症きょしょくしょうanorexia

こばむkobamu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 拒むこばむto refuse; to reject; to decline

Also read ゴ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“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.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

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巨

Also built on gigantic (巨)

拒 takes the 巨 family's reading, キョ (kyo).

Also read キョ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ゴ

20 kanji share this on'yomiAll 20
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jù

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

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

Pinyin jù 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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