The kanji 却: meaning, readings and stroke order

却

Meaning: give back, reject
On reading: キャク kyaku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 卩 kneel
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trả lại, từ chối (khước)
Japanese: かえす。しりぞける。
Korean: 돌려주다, 물리치다 (각)
Chinese: 退回、拒绝

Readings, words and example sentences

キャク kyaku · on reading

返へん却きゃく
returning (something borrowed)
図書室に本を 返へん却きゃくします。
I return a book to the school library.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.