Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 7

却

Meaning in English

instead, on the contrary, rather

Readings

Onyomi: キャク Kunyomi: かえ.って, しりぞ.く, しりぞ.ける Romaji: kyaku / kae.tte, shirizo.ku, shirizo.keru

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Animated kanji stroke order

却

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese pelo contrário, em vez disso,

Spanish en cambio, por el contrario, más bien

Korean 오히려, 그와는 반대로, 오히려

French au contraire, plutôt

Italian invece, al contrario, piuttosto

German im Gegenteil, eher

Indonesian sebaliknya, justru

★ Vietnamese thay vào đó, trái lại, đúng hơn là

Thai ในทางกลับกัน กลับกัน

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