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Kanji Detail for 捨 - "to discard, to give up"

捨

  • Meaning

    捨 means "to discard, to give up." Also associated with to donate.

    1. Discard - To throw away; to abandon.

    2. Give up - To relinquish; to renounce.

    3. Donate - To give to charity; to contribute.

  • Words using 捨

    • 切り捨て きりすて Listen cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves
    • 切り捨てる きりすてる Listen to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard
    • 見捨てる みすてる Listen to abandon; to fail; to desert
    • 呼び捨て よびすて Listen addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
    • 四捨五入 ししゃごにゅう Listen rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views)

  • Four-character idioms with 捨

    • 取捨選択 しゅしゃせんたく Listen selection; making a choice; sifting

  • Tattoo check: 捨

    • Verified meaning: to discard, to give up
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to donate

    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

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    discard, give up willingly; give alms

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to give up; to abandon; to give alms

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up

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

    To release. Such as 堅持不捨. Also, unable to let go is 戀戀不捨. Anciently commonly written as 舍. Such as 施捨 originally being 施舍.

  • Onyomi

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    sha(シャ) シャ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    su.teru(す-てる) す-てる

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    discard give up donate abandon throw away cast off charity desert dispose of forsake jettison reject relinquish renounce scrap shed surrender waive

Sentences including 捨

  • You should not give up your hope.

  • He deserted his family and went abroad.

  • I do not desert.

  • I cannot let it go unchallenged.

  • Can i drop off the car?

  • No one gave up hope.

  • He abandoned his family.

  • We can't really throw it away !

  • I can't forsake a friend in trouble.

  • I'll never fail you.

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