Kanji N2

逆: inverted, reverse, opposite

逆 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning inverted, reverse, opposite, written with 9 strokes. It is read ギャク, ゲキ (on) and さか, さかさ, さからう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 逆 (ぎゃく, reverse) and 逆さ (さかさ, inverted).

逆

Meanings

  • inverted
  • reverse
  • opposite
  • wicked
Strokes9
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#683 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ギャク
  • ゲキ

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

Kun reading
  • さか
  • さかさ
  • さからう

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 逆

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

  • 逆ぎゃく

    reverse; opposite

    JLPT N3
  • 逆ささかさ

    inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

    JLPT N2
  • 逆らうさからう

    to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

    JLPT N3
  • 真逆まさか

    by no means; never!; well, I never!

    JLPT N3
  • 逆様さかさま

    inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

    JLPT N2
  • 吃逆しゃっくり

    hiccup; hiccough

    JLPT N2
  • 逆転ぎゃくてん

    reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout

    JLPT N1
  • 逆立ちさかだち

    handstand; headstand

    JLPT N1

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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.