棄 (abandon, discard, reject, resign, sacrifice, throw away) - Kanji Codex

棄

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

す.てる

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:901

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
棄却	キキャク	rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
棄権	キケン	abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
破棄	ハキ	tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. a treaty); reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
廃棄	ハイキ	disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal
放棄	ホウキ	abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; relinquishing; waiving; giving up

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
見棄てる	みすてる	to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
自棄	やけ	desperation; despair; self-abandonment
自棄	ヤケ	desperation; despair; self-abandonment
棄てる	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)
棄す	こぼす	to spill; to drop; to shed (tears); to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

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