抗 – confront, resist, defy

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#666 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 抗 means confront, resist, defy, oppose. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あらが.う (aragau). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	あらが.う	aragau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 亠・几・扎.

Words using 抗

抵抗ていこうresistance反抗はんこうopposition抗議こうぎprotest抗争こうそうrivalry対抗たいこうopposition

Example sentences

無駄な抵抗はやめなさい。

It's useless to try and resist.

Tatoeba #80915

彼らは王様の作った法律に反抗した。

They defied the laws of the king.

Tatoeba #97496

私はこれを抗議と解釈した。

I interpreted this as a protest.

Tatoeba #160710

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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