抗
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to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 手 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 抗
- Common rank
- #915
- Unicode
- U+6297
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Formation & memory
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How 抗 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Fighting 亢 with bare hands 扌; 亢 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
combat · Heisig RSH #590
fingers + whirlwind
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 抗
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不可抗力 | force majeure; act of God | |
| 中和抗体 | (immunology) neutralizing antibody | |
| 抗精神病 | antipsychotic (drug) | |
| 电抗器 | inductor; reactor (in an electrical circuit) | |
| 对抗性 | antagonistic | |
| 抗药能力 | drug-resistance (of a pathogen) | |
| 抗生素 | antibiotic | |
| 反抗者 | rebel | |
| 对抗者 | adversary; opponent | |
| 抗病毒药 | antivirals | |
| 单克隆抗体 | (immunology) monoclonal antibody | |
| 抗药性 | drug resistance (medicine) | |
| 抗血清 | antiserum | |
| 抗日战争 | (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) | |
| 抗病毒 | antiviral | |
| 抗水 | waterproof; water resistant | |
| 抗性 | resistance; capability of resisting | |
| 抗体 | (immunology) antibody | |
| 电抗 | reactance | |
| 抗毒素 | antitoxins |