The kanji 抗: meaning, readings and stroke order

抗

Meaning: resist, defy
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chống lại (kháng)
Japanese: さからう。はむかう。
Korean: 맞서다 (항)
Chinese: 抵抗、对抗

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

抵てい抗こう
resistance (also electrical)
電気の 抵てい抗こうを調べます。
We measure electrical resistance.

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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.