却 means instead
on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw
Going back on your knees: instead.
On'yomi
- キャクkyaku
Kun'yomi
- かえ(って)kaette
- しりぞ(く)shirizoku
- しりぞ(ける)shirizokeru
How it's built
- 去
- 卩
Common words
- 忘却ぼうきゃくlapse of memory; forgetting completely
- 返却へんきゃくreturn (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning
- 棄却ききゃくrejection; dismissal
- 焼却しょうきゃくincineration; destruction by fire