Kanji N1

抗: confront, resist, defy

抗 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning confront, resist, defy, written with 7 strokes. It is read コウ (on) and あらがう (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 抵抗 (ていこう, resistance) and 抗議 (こうぎ, protest).

抗

Meanings

  • confront
  • resist
  • defy
  • oppose
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#666 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あらがう

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 抗

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 抵抗ていこう

    resistance; opposition; standing up to

    JLPT N3
  • 抗議こうぎ

    protest; objection

    JLPT N1
  • 対抗たいこう

    opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

    JLPT N1
  • 抗争こうそう

    rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle

    JLPT N1
  • 反抗はんこう

    opposition; resistance; insubordination

    JLPT N3
  • 抗体こうたい

    antibody

  • 抗戦こうせん

    resistance

  • 抗日こうにち

    resistance against Japanese aggression

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.