捨

discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シャ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

す.てる

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:11

JLPT:N2

Frequency:1266

Vocabulary

シャ

Word	Reading	Meaning
四捨五入	シシャゴニュウ	rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views); converging to a common opinion
取捨	シュシャ	adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
喜捨	キシャ	almsgiving
捨象	シャショウ	abstraction
取捨選択	シュシャセンタク	selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
見捨てる	みすてる	to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
呼び捨て	よびすて	addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
捨てる	すてる	to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign; to sacrifice (stones)
捨て子	すてご	abandoned child; foundling
切り捨てる	きりすてる	to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit; to ignore; to round down; to cut (someone) down; to slay

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