repel, refuse, reject, decline
拒 centers on pushing something away or blocking it: refusing, rejecting, declining, or repelling. The common thread is active denial or resistance.
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.
A hand 扌 beside a giant 巨 barrier: the hand is pushing the giant thing away, refusing to let it through.
For キョ, imagine a giant hand refusing to let you pass, and you say 'kyo!' in surprise at the rejection: kyo -> キョ.
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
refusal; rejection
to refuse; to reject; to decline
refusing food
denial-of-service attack; DoS attack
refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi
draft refuser; draft objector
anxiety or stress-induced inability to go to work
do not pursue those who leave you and do not turn away those who come to you
refusing flatly; rejecting sternly
neurotic fear of returning home after work; nostophobia
draft refuser; draft objector
resistance; opposition
inability to resist
to refuse; to reject; to deny
(judicial) denial
strong reaction (against)
right of veto
refuser; objector
refusal