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Kanji Detail for 棄 - "to discard, to abandon, to reject"

棄

  • Meaning

    棄 means "to discard, to abandon, to reject."

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

    2. To abandon - To quit; to reject.

  • Words using 棄

    • 廃棄 はいき Listen disposal; abandonment; scrapping
    • 投棄 とうき Listen abandonment; giving up; throwing away
    • 棄権 きけん Listen abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
    • 遺棄 いき Listen abandonment; desertion
    • 棄却 ききゃく Listen rejection; dismissal; turning down
    • 廃棄物 はいきぶつ Listen waste matter; waste; garbage

  • Four-character idioms with 棄

    • 自暴自棄 じぼうじき Listen desperation; despair; self-abandonment

  • Tattoo check: 棄

    • Verified meaning: to discard, to abandon, to reject
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

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    su.teru(す-てる) す-てる

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to discard to abandon reject refuse release let go throw away cast off desert dispose forsake give up jettison neglect relinquish renounce surrender waive

Sentences including 棄

  • He abandoned the idea.

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