斥
セキ, しりぞ.ける

reject, retreat, recede, withdraw, repel, repulse

JLPT1 G7 S5 F2231

An abbreviated form# of 析 (split with an ax) + a mark suggesting severance → strike and split/sever with an ax. *Reject*, *repel*, *expel* and *exclude* are borrowed meanings.

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