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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
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. insteadRtK
  2. on the contrary
  3. rather
  4. retreat
  5. step back
  6. withdraw
  1. all the more

Popular Usage

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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
埋却まいきゃく
burial
銷却しょうきゃく
erasure
却けるしりぞける
to refuse
割増償却わりまししょうきゃく
additional depreciation deduction
空気冷却くうきれいきゃく
air cooling
心頭滅却しんとうめっきゃく
clearing one's mind of all worldly thoughts
売却するばいきゃくする
to sell
返却するへんきゃくする
return of something
資産売却益しさんばいきゃくえき
capital gain
心頭滅却すれば火も亦涼ししんとうめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし
if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
心頭を滅却すれば火も亦涼ししんとうをめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし
if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

Additional Examples

彼は図書館から借りた本をまだ返却していないのか。
Does he still have that book he borrowed from the library?tatoeba
彼は自己を没却する男ではない。
He knows how to assert himself.tatoeba
彼は私の申請を却下した。
He turned down my application.tatoeba
同社は赤字の子会社のいくつかを売却することにした。
The company has decided to sell some of its money-losing units.tatoeba
このため、藩札の価値は大暴落して財政を却って悪化させる原因となった。
As a result, the value of the han bills dropped greatly and caused the economy to worsen.wiki
しかし、横綱免許を濫発したことが却って横綱の権威を損なう結果を招いた。
However, excessive issuing of yokozuna licenses had the opposite effect that resulted in ruining yokozuna's authority.wiki

Stroke Order

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