却

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See also: 卻 and 㕁
却 U+5374, 却
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5374
← 即
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卵 →

Translingual

Han character

却 (Kangxi radical 26, 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土戈尸中 (GISL), four-corner 47720, composition ⿰去卩)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 159, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2856
  • Dae Jaweon: page 364, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 313, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5374

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (郤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
腳 *kaɡ
脚 *kaɡ
卻 *kaɡ, *kʰaɡ
却 *kʰaɡ
谻 *kraɡ, *kraɡ
郤 *kʰraɡ
綌 *kʰraɡ

Variant of 卻. The modern mainland China usage is of reform nature.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 却 – see 卻 (“to withdraw; to retreat; to drive back; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 卻).
Notes:

References

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji

却

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. instead; on the contrary

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
却
きゃく
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 却 (MC khjak).

Pronunciation

Affix

却(きゃく) • (kyaku) 

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    却(きゃっ)下(か) ― kyakka ― rejection
  2. thoroughly
    冷(れい)却(きゃく) ― reikyaku ― refrigeration
  3. thoroughly until it is gone
    焼(しょう)却(きゃく) ― shōkyaku ― incineration
    売(ばい)却(きゃく) ― baikyaku ― selling off

Korean

Hanja

却 (eum 각 (gak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

却: Hán Nôm readings: khước

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References

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