棄
棄 — Abandon
abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
On’yomiキ (ki)
Kun’yomiすてる (suteru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 棄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廃棄 | はいき haiki | disposal; abandonment; scrapping |
| 投棄 | とうき touki | abandonment; giving up; throwing away |
| 棄権 | きけん kiken | abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest) |
| 放棄 | ほうき houki | abandonment; renouncement; renunciation |
| 遺棄 | いき iki | abandonment; desertion |
| 棄却 | ききゃく kikyaku | rejection; dismissal; turning down |
Study notes
棄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #901 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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