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抵

resist
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. resistRtK
    彼はあまりにも高齢で抵抗できなかった。He was too old to resist.tatoeba
  2. reach
  3. touch
  1. resistance
  2. opposition
  3. standing up to
  4. reluctance
  5. repulsion

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finger · fingers · calling card · family name · one (一) · floor

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1974

Compound words

大抵たいてい
mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably
抵抗ていこう
resistance; opposition; standing up to; reluctance; repulsion
抵触ていしょく
infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; running afoul; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency
抵当ていとう
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
抵当権ていとうけん
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
抵梧ていご
disagreement
抵牾もどき
-like
抵抗器ていこうき
resistor
抵牾くもどく
to censure
空気抵抗くうきていこう
air resistance
絶縁抵抗ぜつえんていこう
insulation resistance
体積抵抗たいせきていこう
volume resistivity
抵抗するていこうする
to resist; to oppose
抵触するていしょくする
to infringe; to violate
加減抵抗器かげんていこうき
rheostat
可変抵抗器かへんていこうき
variable resistor
日本抵当証券協会にっぽんていとうしょうけんきょうかい
Japan Mortgage Association

On Reading Examples

当局は地域住民の頑強な抵抗にあった。ていこう
The authorities met with unyielding opposition from the locals.tatoeba

Additional Examples

日本人や英国人は大抵バス停で列を作って待つ。
Japanese and British people usually wait at a bus stop in a queue.tatoeba
敵はもうそれ以上抵抗せずに降参した。
The enemy gave in without further resistance.tatoeba
大抵の晩餐は１１時頃に終わります。
Most dinner parties break up about eleven o'clock.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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