棄

meaningabandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice

On'yomi
キ
Kun'yomi
す.てる
Strokes
13
Taught in
Secondary school (jōyō)
Frequency
#901 most common in newspapers

Words it lives in

棄
  • 廃棄はいきdisposal
  • 投棄とうきabandonment
  • 棄権きけんabstention
  • 放棄ほうきabandonment
  • 遺棄いきabandonment
  • 棄却ききゃくrejection
  • 破棄はきtearing up and discarding
  • 自棄やけdesperation

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