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抗

kàng

HSK 6 Character

What 抗 means

1. to resist
2. to fight
3. to defy
4. anti-

Example sentences

• 抗议。
  Resist.
• 他没反抗。
  Tā méi fǎnkàng.
  He did not resist.
• 停止抵抗！
  Tíngzhǐ dǐkàng!
  Stop resisting!
• 大家去抗议！
  Everybody is protesting!
• 我在对抗睡魔。
  Wǒ zài duìkàng shuì mó.
  I fought against sleep.
• 你是不可抗拒的。
  Nǐ shì bùkěkàngjù de.
  You are irresistible.

Words starting with 抗

• 抗议kàng yìto protest; protest
• 抗战kàng zhànwar of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
• 抗日kàng Rìto resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
• 抗拒kàng jùto resist; to defy; to oppose
• 抗日战争Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
• 抗争kàng zhēngto resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
• 抗击kàng jīto resist (an aggressor); to oppose (a menace)
• 抗衡kàng héngto compete with; to vie with; to counter
• 抗美援朝kàng Měi yuán CháoResist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
• 抗生素kàng shēng sùantibiotic
• 抗体kàng tǐ(immunology) antibody
• 抗洪kàng hóngto fight a flood
• 抗癌kàng áianti-cancer
• 抗辩kàng biànto counter accusations; to protest; to remonstrate
• 抗病kàng bìngdisease resistant
• 抗议者kàng yì zhěprotester
• 抗原kàng yuán(immunology) antigen
• 抗命kàng mìngagainst orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders
• 抗压kàng yāto resist pressure or stress; pressure-resistant
• 抗性kàng xìngresistance; capability of resisting
• 抗捐kàng juānto refuse to pay taxes; to boycott a levy
• 抗母kàng mǔ(loanword) com (as in "dot-com")
• 抗水kàng shuǐwaterproof; water resistant
• 抗灾kàng zāidefense against natural disasters

Words containing 抗

• 反抗fǎn kàngto resist; to rebel
• 对抗duì kàngto withstand; to resist; to stand off
• 抵抗dǐ kàngto resist; resistance
• 抵抗力dǐ kàng lìresistance; immunity
• 违抗wéi kàngto disobey
• 对抗赛duì kàng sàiduel; match; competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting)
• 单抗dān kàng(immunology) monoclonal antibody (abbr. for 单克隆抗体
• 阻抗zǔ kàng(electrical) impedance
• 电抗diàn kàngreactance
• 反抗者fǎn kàng zhěrebel
• 对抗性duì kàng xìngantagonistic
• 对抗者duì kàng zhěadversary; opponent
• 电抗器diàn kàng qìinductor; reactor (in an electrical circuit)
• 不可抗力bù kě kàng lìforce majeure; act of God
• 中和抗体zhōng hé kàng tǐ(immunology) neutralizing antibody
• 分庭抗礼fēn tíng kàng lǐpeer competition; to function as rivals; to make claims as an equal
• 无罪抗辩wú zuì kàng biànplea of not guilty
• 绝食抗议jué shí kàng yìhunger strike
• 静坐抗议jìng zuò kàng yìsit-in protest
• 单克隆抗体dān kè lóng kàng tǐ(immunology) monoclonal antibody
• 阻抗变换器zǔ kàng biàn huàn qìimpedance converter
• 静坐抗议示威jìng zuò kàng yì shì wēisit-in protest demonstration
• 不抵抗主义bù dǐ kàng zhǔ yìpolicy of nonresistance
• 不可抗拒bù kě kàng jùact of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)

Characters built on 亢

These share the phonetic component 亢 (kàng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 航hángboat; ship; craft
• 杭Hángsurname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 炕kàngkang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong
• 沆hànga ferry; fog; flowing
• 钪kàngscandium (chemistry)
• 闶kāngused in 闶阆; Taiwan pr. kàng

Characters that look like 抗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 杭Hángsurname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up
• 炕kàngkang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire

Sounds the same

Read kàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炕kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
• 亢high; overbearing; excessive
• 伉spouse; big and tall; strong
• 钪scandium (chemistry)
• 囥(dialect) to hide; to conceal
• 犺fierce dog