拒
repel, refuse, reject, decline
Readings
On'yomi
- キョ
- ゴ
Kun'yomi
- こば.む
Meaning
拒 centers on pushing something away or blocking it: refusing, rejecting, declining, or repelling. The common thread is active denial or resistance.
Most common words using 拒
20 of 34- 拒否きょひN2
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
- 拒絶きょぜつN1
refusal; rejection
- 拒むこばむN1
to refuse; to reject; to decline
- 拒食きょしょく
refusing food
- 拒否権きょひけん
right of veto
- 拒絶反応きょぜつはんのう
(transplant) rejection
- 拒食症きょしょくしょう
anorexia
- サービス拒否攻撃サービスきょひこうげき
denial-of-service attack; DoS attack
- 乗車拒否じょうしゃきょひ
refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi
- 兵役拒否者へいえききょひしゃ
draft refuser; draft objector
- 出社拒否症しゅっしゃきょひしょう
anxiety or stress-induced inability to go to work
- 去る者は追わず、来たる者は拒まずさるものはおわず、きたるものはこばまず
do not pursue those who leave you and do not turn away those who come to you
- 峻拒しゅんきょ
refusing flatly; rejecting sternly
- 帰宅拒否症きたくきょひしょう
neurotic fear of returning home after work; nostophobia
- 徴兵拒否者ちょうへいきょひしゃ
draft refuser; draft objector
- 抗拒こうきょ
resistance; opposition
- 抗拒不能こうきょふのう
inability to resist
- 拒否るきょひる
to refuse; to reject; to deny
- 拒否処分きょひしょぶん
(judicial) denial
- 拒否反応きょひはんのう
strong reaction (against)
Study
Etymology
拒 combines 扌 (hand) with 巨, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something large or obstructive. The hand radical suggests pushing away or blocking.
Meaning mnemonic
A hand 扌 beside a giant 巨 barrier: the hand is pushing the giant thing away, refusing to let it through.
Reading mnemonic
For キョ, imagine a giant hand refusing to let you pass, and you say 'kyo!' in surprise at the rejection: kyo -> キョ.