棄 Kanji – abandon
The Japanese kanji 棄 can mean abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice.
Meaning and Readings
How is 棄 read?
棄 has the onyomi reading キ and the kunyomi reading すてる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ki, suteru.
Common Japanese Words Using 棄
These common Japanese words contain 棄. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 棄却（ききゃく） — rejection, dismissal, turning down, abandoning, renunciation
- 棄権（きけん） — abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)
- 自棄（やけ） — desperation, despair, self-abandonment
- 破棄（はき） — tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents), destruction
- 廃棄（はいき） — disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition
- 廃棄物（はいきぶつ） — waste matter, waste, garbage, trash
- 放棄（ほうき） — abandonment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, abdication, surrender, relinquishing, waiving, giving up
- 遺棄（いき） — abandonment, desertion
- 投棄（とうき） — abandonment, giving up, throwing away, disposal, dumping