Meanings
- instead
- on the contrary
- rather
- step back
- withdraw
- retreat
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#959 of 2,500
Kanji N1
却: instead, on the contrary, rather
却 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning instead, on the contrary, rather, written with 7 strokes. It is read キャク (on) and かえって, しりぞく, しりぞける (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 却って (かえって, on the contrary) and 売却 (ばいきゃく, selling off).
却
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- キャク
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- かえって
- しりぞく
- しりぞける
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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- 却ってかえってJLPT N2
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
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