棄
棄·abandon, discard
- On-yomi
- キ
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 放棄 | ほうき | abandonment, renunciation |
| 廃棄 | はいき | disposal, scrapping |
| 棄権 | きけん | abstention, withdrawal |
| 破棄 | はき | cancellation, tearing up (a contract) |
Example sentences
雨で選手の一人が棄権した。
あめでせんしゅのひとりがきけんした。
One of the athletes withdrew because of the rain.
古い書類はすべて廃棄された。
ふるいしょるいはすべてはいきされた。
All the old documents were disposed of.
彼は途中で試合を放棄した。
かれはとちゅうでしあいをほうきした。
He abandoned the match partway through.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 放棄 as ほうけん instead of ほうき
- Confusing 破棄 (voiding a contract) with 廃棄 (physically disposing of something)
Memory aid
Picture it
A basket at the top, a tree (木) at the bottom — a bundle thrown out and left under the tree.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 棄権きけんabstention (from voting), withdrawal
- 棄却ききゃくdismissal (of an appeal)
- 投棄とうきdumping
- 破棄はきtearing up, annulment
- 放棄ほうきabandonment, renunciation
- 遺棄いきabandonment (of a person/object)
- 廃棄はいきdisposal; scrapping; discarding; repeal (of a treaty or rule)
- 廃棄物はいきぶつwaste, garbage
- 廃棄するはいきするto dispose of, to scrap
- 放棄するほうきするto abandon, to give up (a right)
- 棄てるすてるto throw away, to cast away, to dump
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