却
away; instead; on the contrary; rather; step back; withdraw; retreat
7 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 959.
Readings
- キャク (on reading): 売却 (ばいきゃく) selling off; 却下 (きゃっか) rejection
- かえって (kun reading)
- しりぞく (kun reading)
- しりぞける (kun reading)
Components
Kanji containing 却
- 脚 skids
Words using 却
- 売却 (ばいきゃく) selling off
- 却下 (きゃっか) rejection
- 返却 (へんきゃく) return (of something borrowed or entrusted)
- 冷却 (れいきゃく) cooling
- 棄却 (ききゃく) rejection
70 words in all.