棄

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

13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 901.

Readings

• キ (on reading): 放棄 (ほうき) abandonment; 破棄 (はき) tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)
• すてる (kun reading): 棄言葉 (すてことば) sharp parting remark; 権利を棄てる (けんりをすてる) to abandon one's rights
• Read as a whole word: 自棄っ腹 (やけっぱら) desperation

Components

• 亠
• 厶
• 丗
• 木
• 一 radical one
• 亠 radical lid
• 凵 radical open box
• 厶 radical private
• 木 radical tree

Words using 棄

• 放棄 (ほうき) abandonment
• 破棄 (はき) tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents)
• 棄却 (ききゃく) rejection
• 廃棄 (はいき) disposal
• 棄権 (きけん) abstention (from voting)
• 棄言葉 (すてことば) sharp parting remark
• 権利を棄てる (けんりをすてる) to abandon one's rights
• 自棄っ腹 (やけっぱら) desperation

78 words in all.

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