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Kanji Detail for 棄 - "discard, abandon, throw"

  • Meaning

    棄 means "discard, abandon, throw."

    1. To discard - To throw away; to abandon.

    2. To abandon - To quit; to reject.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    abandon; throw away; discard; resign; reject; sacrifice

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    reject, abandon, discard

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget

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

    To abandon. Such as 人棄我取 (what others abandon, I take), 前功盡棄 (all previous efforts wasted). Not making an effort is called 自暴自棄 (self-abandonment). From "Mencius." Now rejecting everything is called 唾棄一切.
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