Hanja Analyzer
抗

抗 — hang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
겨룰 항
Romanization
hang
English
resist, oppose, defy, reject
Mandarin
kàng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ
Japanese kun'yomi
あらが.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#666 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
手 (64, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
亢(항)
Unicode
U+6297

Parts that make up 抗

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 亢 높을 항sound 목을 곧추세운 사람‘항·강’ 계열의 소리

How 抗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 抗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 亢.

Korean example words with 抗

  • 항쟁抗爭 Korean gloss: 맞서 싸움
  • 항균抗菌 Korean gloss: 균에 저항함
  • 항독抗毒 Korean gloss: 독에 저항함
  • 항심抗心 Korean gloss: 맞서려는 마음
  • 대항對抗 Korean gloss: 그것끼리 서로 겨룸
  • 항염抗炎 Korean gloss: 염증을 억제하거나 없앰
  • 항일抗日 Korean gloss: 일본 제국주의에 맞서 싸움
  • 항거抗拒 Korean gloss: 순종하지 아니하고 맞서서 반항함
  • 항변抗卞 Korean gloss: 못마땅한 생각이나 반대의 뜻을 주장함
  • 항암抗癌 Korean gloss: 암세포의 증식을 억제하거나 암세포를 죽임
  • 항례抗禮 Korean gloss: 한편으로 치우치지 아니하고 동등하게 교제함. 또는 그런 예(禮)
  • 항체抗體 Korean gloss: 항원의 자극에 의하여 생체 내에 만들어져 특이하게 항원과 결합하는 단백질. 응집소ㆍ침강소ㆍ항독소의 작용을 가지며, 생체에 그

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 抗

  • 抵抗ていこう resistance; opposition; standing up to
  • 抗議こうぎ protest; objection
  • 対抗たいこう opposition; rivalry; competition
  • 抗争こうそう rivalry; feud; conflict
  • 抗体こうたい antibody
  • 抗生物質こうせいぶっしつ antibiotic
  • 抗戦こうせん resistance
  • 抗日こうにち resistance against Japanese aggression; anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 抗告こうこく appeal; protest; complaint
  • 抗原こうげん antigen
  • 抗菌こうきん antibacterial; antimicrobial
  • 反抗はんこう opposition; resistance; insubordination

Characters sharing the phonetic 亢

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “항” in Korean.

Other hanja read “항”

Other hanja with radical 手

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