反抗
はんこう · hankou · JLPT N3 · noun
resistance
✊ 反抗 = against (反) + resist (抗): pushing back against something
反 means against or reverse, as in 反対 (hantai, opposition). 抗 means to resist, as in 抵抗 (teikou, resistance). Put them together and you get pushing back against authority. The word is often used for rebellious teens: 反抗期 (hankouki) means a rebellious phase.
反 — hand 又 under cliff 厂
Originally a pictograph of a hand (又) turning something over against a cliff or slope (厂), depicting the action of flipping or reversing. From this came the core meaning 'to turn over,' which extended to 'opposite,' 'contrary,' and 'rebel against.' The character is purely semantic, with no phonetic component.