却

See also: 卻 and 㕁

却 U+5374, 却 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5374 ← 即 [U+5373] CJK Unified Ideographs 卵 → [U+5375]

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

• 㑢, 𠨙, 𠳞, 𪫸, 𢭙, 𭰚, 脚, 𣒗, 𭴦, 𭹌, 𦛶, 䖼, 𮘏, 踋, 𨌞, 𠨦, 㾡

Related characters

• 卻 (Orthodox traditional form. Considered a variant form of 却 in mainland China)
• 㕁 (Variant form of 却 in mainland China)

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00457-001

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 卻

Kanji

却

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. instead; on the contrary

Readings

• Go-on: かく (kaku)
• Kan-on: きゃく (kyaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: しりぞく (shirizoku, 却く); しりぞける (shirizokeru, 却ける); かえって (kaette, 却って)

Compounds

• 却(きゃっ)下(か) (kyakka): rejection; dismissal

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 却 (MC khjak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

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

• Nom Foundation