reject / contrary
N2- Onyomi
- キャク
- Stroke count
- 7
- JLPT
- N2
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 却 down and you get 去 (leave / past) — a lid lifted off and carried away, and beside it 卩 (seal / kneel) — a seal pressed down to make it official. Picture a road disappearing through a tunnel cut into a hillside, put 却 inside it, and let that scene stand for "reject" — reject / contrary. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 7
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は7画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 7 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
却下
kyakka
rejection
返却
henkyaku
returning (items)
棄却
kikyaku
dismissal (of appeal)
却下する
kyakkasuru
to do rejection
返却する
henkyakusuru
to do returning (items)
返却した
henkyakushita
plain past: did returning (items)
Example sentences (4)
予算の申請が却下されました。
よさん の しんせい が きゃっか されました。
yosan no shinsei ga kyakka saremashita.
The budget request was rejected.
理由が不十分だったため、申請は却下されてしまいました。
りゆう が ふじゅうぶん だった ため、しんせい は きゃっか されて しまいました。
riyuu ga fujuubun datta tame, shinsei wa kyakka sarete shimaimashita.
Because the reasoning was insufficient, the application ended up being rejected.
図書館に本を返却しました。
としょかん に ほん を へんきゃく しました。
toshokan ni hon o henkyaku shimashita.
I returned the books to the library.
期限までに返却しないと、次の予約ができなくなります。
きげん まで に へんきゃく しない と、つぎ の よやく が できなく なります。
kigen made ni henkyaku shinai to, tsugi no yoyaku ga dekinaku narimasu.
If you do not return it by the due date, you will not be able to make another reservation.