抗
抗 — Confront
confront, resist, defy, oppose
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiあらがう (aragau)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 抗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抵抗 | ていこう teikou | resistance; opposition; standing up to |
| 抗議 | こうぎ kougi | protest; objection |
| 対抗 | たいこう taikou | opposition; rivalry; competition |
| 抗争 | こうそう kousou | rivalry; feud; conflict |
| 抗生物質 | こうせいぶっしつ kouseibusshitsu | antibiotic |
| 抗体 | こうたい koutai | antibody |
Study notes
抗 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #666 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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