棄
abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
Readings
On'yomi
- キ
Kun'yomi
- す.てる
Meaning
棄 centers on letting go of something completely: abandoning, discarding, or throwing away. The ideas of resigning, rejecting, and sacrificing are natural extensions of giving something up.
Most common words using 棄
20 of 79- 放棄ほうきN1
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender; relinquishing; waiving; giving up
- 廃棄はいきN1
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition
- 破棄はきN1
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction
- 自棄やけN1
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
- 棄権きけんN1
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
- 遺棄いき
abandonment; desertion
- 投棄とうき
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
- 棄却ききゃくN1
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
- 自暴自棄じぼうじき
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
- 棄教ききょう
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
- 棄民きみん
abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
- 唾棄だき
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
- 廃棄物はいきぶつ
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
- セル廃棄セルはいき
cell discarding
- セル廃棄率セルはいきりつ
cell loss rate
- フレーム廃棄フレームはいき
frame discard
- 一般廃棄物いっぱんはいきぶつ
domestic waste; general waste; non-industrial waste
- 不法投棄ふほうとうき
illegal dumping; fly-tipping
- 低レベル放射性廃棄物ていレベルほうしゃせいはいきぶつ
low-level radioactive waste
- 債権放棄さいけんほうき
debt forgiveness; debt waiver
Study
Etymology
棄 is thought to depict a child being abandoned in a basket, with the top representing a container and the bottom 木 suggesting a wooden structure. The modern form retains this general idea, though the exact historical components are not fully clear.
Meaning mnemonic
Imagine a wooden basket (木) with a lid (亠) and something inside (厶,凵) being thrown away. The whole scene shows discarding an unwanted item.
Reading mnemonic
For キ, picture a key being thrown away into a basket: key -> キ, and you abandon the key as you discard the basket.