What does kanji 抵 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 抵 is resist.

How is kanji 抵 read?

The onyomi readings for kanji 抵 are テイ.

What is the main radical of kanji 抵?

The main radical for kanji 抵 is 手.

What words use kanji 抵?

Example words that use kanji 抵 include 抵抗, 抵当, 抵触, 抵当権.

JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 4

抵

Meaning

Kanji 抵

resist

resist, reach, touch

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み: テイ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1182
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手
Components: 扎 • 氏
Kanji Kentei: Level 4
Similar Kanji: 底 • 邸 • 低 • 岻 • 阺 • 氐 • 厎

Related vocabulary

28 common entries

Showing 28 of 69 entries that include this kanji.

抵抗

ていこう

electrical resistance

抵当

ていとう

mortgage

抵触

ていしょく

collision

抵当権

ていとうけん

mortgage

擬き

もどき

comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)

擬く

もどく

to fashion after

抵抗を試みる

ていこうをこころみる

to offer (put up) resistance

抵抗運動

ていこううんどう

resistance movement

抵抗感

ていこうかん

antipathy

抵抗器

ていこうき

electrical resistor

抵抗勢力

ていこうせいりょく

forces of reaction

抵抗性

ていこうせい

resistibility

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は警察に抵抗した。

He resisted the police.

風の抵抗を減らすデザインです。

It is a design that reduces wind resistance.

変化に対する抵抗は大きい。

There is great resistance to change.

その行為は法律に抵触する。

That act conflicts with the law.

ルールに抵触しないように注意してください。

Please be careful not to violate the rules.