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却

instead
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingキャク
Kun readingかえ.って、しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける
JōyōGrade 8
  1. on the contrary
  2. rather
  3. all the more

Popular Usage

却って

Radicals and components

Radical卩sealComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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gone · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · elbow · stamp

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1497

Compound words

却ってかえって
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
棄却ききゃく
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
却下きゃっか
rejection; dismissal
償却しょうきゃく
repayment; redemption; depreciation; amortization; amortisation
焼却しょうきゃく
incineration; destruction by fire
退却たいきゃく
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
脱却だっきゃく
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
売却ばいきゃく
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
返却へんきゃく
return of something; repayment
忘却ぼうきゃく
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
冷却れいきゃく
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
減価償却げんかしょうきゃく
depreciation

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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