拒 – repel, refuse, reject

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#863 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 拒 means repel, refuse, reject, decline. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョ、ゴ (kyo, go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is こば.む (kobamu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョ	kyo
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	こば.む	kobamu

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: 匚・扎・巨.

Words using 拒

拒絶きょぜつrefusal拒否きょひrefusal

Example sentences

彼の返答は拒絶も同然だ。

His answer amounts to a refusal.

Tatoeba #116176

私はその質問に答えることを拒否する。

I refuse to answer the question.

Tatoeba #237019

Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.