抗

confront, resist, defy, oppose

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あらが.う

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:666

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
抗議	コウギ	protest; objection
抗菌	コウキン	antibacterial; antimicrobial
抗原	コウゲン	antigen
抗争	コウソウ	rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife; contention; resistance
抗体	コウタイ	antibody

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
抗生物質	こうせいぶっしつ	antibiotic
拮抗	きっこう	rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
抗うつ	こううつ	antidepressant
抗ヒスタミン剤	こうヒスタミンざい	antihistamine
立抗	たてこう	shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit

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criticism, strike