Kanji 逆: "inverted, reverse, opposite"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 逆

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 真ま逆さかby no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say! · certainly (not); surely (not); hardly (expected)
• 逆ぎゃくreverse; opposite · converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
• 逆さからうto go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
• 逆ぎゃく転てんreversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; turning the tables · reversal (of direction of rotation)
• 真ま逆ぎゃくthe exact opposite
• 逆ぎゃくに言いえばif anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
• 逆ぎゃく効こう果かopposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
• 反はん逆ぎゃくtreason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion
• 逆さかさinverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
• 逆さか恨うらみbeing resented (by someone one holds resentment towards) · responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; resentment caused by a misunderstanding
• 逆ぎゃく流りゅうbackward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux
• 逆上のぼせるto feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head · to lose one's cool

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