Kanji Detail for 捐 - "discard, donate, purchase"

捐

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
捐 means "discard, donate, purchase."
1. Discard - To throw away; to abandon.
2. Donate - To contribute money or goods.
3. Purchase - To buy an official position with money.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

throw away

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

contribute; give up, renounce

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to give, to donate; to give up, to renounce

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To abandon. Dying is 捐館, meaning leaving one's lodging. From (Records of the Grand Historian). | Removing is also 捐. Such as 捐除一切. | Colloquially, giving private funds to help is 捐. Such as 捐款. | In the old system, buying office was 捐. Such as 捐例, 捐班. | A type of tax. Such as 房捐, 煙捐.
Onyomi

en(えん)

ken(けん)
Kunyomi

ata.eru(あたえる)

su.teru(すてる)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
discard throw abandon donate contribute money goods purchase buy official position