The kanji 斥: meaning, readings and stroke order

斥

Meaning: reject, push away
On reading: セキ seki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 斤 axe
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gạt bỏ, bài xích (xích)
Japanese: しりぞける。おしのける。
Korean: 물리치다, 배척하다 (척)
Chinese: 排斥、斥退

Readings, words and example sentences

セキ seki · on reading · less common

排はい斥せき
exclusion, driving out
排はい斥せきする動きがありました。
There was a movement to drive them out.

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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.