却 JLPT N1 Kanji 却 — instead, on the contrary, rather JLPT N1 7 strokes Secondary (Jōyō) Radical 卩 #959 most frequent Readings On'yomiキャク Kun'yomiかえ.ってしりぞ.くしりぞ.ける Example words 却ってかえってon the contrary; rather; all the more; instead