The kanji 拒: meaning, readings and stroke order

拒

Meaning: refuse, reject
On reading: キョ kyo
Kun reading: こば（む） kobamu
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: từ chối, cự tuyệt (cự)
Japanese: ことわる。こばむ。
Korean: 거절하다, 막다 (거)
Chinese: 拒绝

Readings, words and example sentences

キョ kyo · on reading · less common

拒きょ否ひ
refusal
はっきり 拒きょ否ひしました。
He clearly refused.

こば（む） kobamu · kun reading · less common

拒こばむ
to refuse, to turn down
さそいを 拒こばみます。
I turn down the invitation.

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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.