Memory phrase for the Kanji: 却

却

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Meaning on the contrary, refuse, instead, reject

Pronunciation

KYAKU
kaette

Explanation

Left: to leave 去 (Below the earth 土 is the nose ム, that left.), right: bowing person 卩

Mnemonic
 
Leave in a bowed position or on the contrary you will be refused.

Radicals

去 leave, go awayWhen the nose ム is below the earth 土, it has gone away - it is finished.
卩 bending personThis radical is typically described as "seal". However for the mnemonics the meaning "bending person" appears to be better.
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 Vocabulary

棄却 ききゃく  rejection, dismissal, abandoning
却って かえって  on the contrary, rather, all the more, instead

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