却

See also 卻

Translingual

simpl.		却
trad.		卻

Etymology

Simplified from 卻 (谷 → 去); in current form 去 + 卩.

Han character

却 (radical 26 卩+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土戈尸中 (GISL), composition ⿰去卩)

1. still, but
2. decline
3. retreat

Derived characters

• 脚

References

• KangXi: page 159, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2856
• Dae Jaweon: page 364, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 313, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5374

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Japanese

Kanji

却 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kun: しりぞく (shirizoku), しりぞける (shirizokeru), かえって (kaette)

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Korean

Hanja

却 (hangeul 각, revised gak, McCune-Reischauer kak)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

却 (traditional 卻, pinyin què (que4), Wade-Giles ch'üeh⁴)

1. • John 1.5

     光照在黑暗里，黑暗却不接受光。

     Guāng zhào zaì hēiàn lǐ, hēi'àn què bù jiēshòu guāng.

     And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.