却 instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat 7 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #959 in newspapers Readings Onキャク Kunかえ.って、しりぞ.く、しりぞ.ける In Chinese 却 Words written with it 売却 ばいきゃく selling off 冷却 れいきゃく cooling 償却 しょうきゃく repayment 脱却 だっきゃく ridding oneself 焼却 しょうきゃく incineration 棄却 ききゃく rejection 減価償却 げんかしょうきゃく depreciation 返却 へんきゃく return (of something borrowed or entrusted) 忘却 ぼうきゃく lapse of memory 却下 きゃっか rejection 冷却期間 れいきゃくきかん cooling-off period 退却 たいきゃく retreat