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捨

捨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すてる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「舍」。「すてる」を意味する漢語｛捨｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャElem.
Kun (native)
  • す(てる)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音she3
  • 拼音she4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtXả

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6368

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌舍

Words using this kanji

  • 捨てるすてるすてる 参照to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard
  • 捨て子すてごabandoned child, foundling
  • 捨て身すてみputting one's life on the line, giving everything one has got, acting out of desperation
  • 捨て石すていしornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance), garden rock, sacrifice stones, sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.)
  • 捨しゃequanimity, upeksa, upekkha
  • 捨象しゃしょう抽象する際に本質的でない要素・側面・性質を切り捨てること。abstraction
  • 捨身しゃしん供養、布施のため自分の肉体を捧げること。 出家すること。 命を絶つこと。renouncing the flesh or the world, becoming a priest, sacrificing one's life for the sake of mankind or Buddhist teachings
  • 捨離しゃりabandoning all worldly desires
  • 捨つすつto throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard
  • 捨て金すてがねwasted money
  • 捨て犬すていぬstray dog
  • 捨売りすてうりsacrifice sale, selling for a song, dumping
  • 捨て猫すてねこabandoned cat, stray cat
  • 捨て場すてばdumping ground, dump
  • 捨て鉢すてばちdesperate, reckless
  • 捨て値すてねpriced dirt cheap
  • 捨て印すていんmarginal seal (special seal affixed into the margins of an official document to indicate that any later revisions to the document are valid), using up residual ink on a seal
  • 捨て駒すてごまsacrificial pawn, sacrificed piece, sacrifice
  • 捨て山すてやまdiscard pile
  • 捨て牌すてはいdiscarded tiles

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
5806.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c8.26
Heisig
707
Nelson
1944