The kanji 棄: meaning, readings and stroke order

棄

Meaning: throw away, give up
On reading: キ ki
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vứt bỏ, từ bỏ (khí)
Japanese: すてる。あきらめてやめる。
Korean: 버리다, 포기하다 (기)
Chinese: 丢弃、放弃 (弃)

Readings, words and example sentences

キ ki · on reading · less common

放ほう棄き
giving up, abandoning
とちゅうで 放ほう棄きしません。
I won't give up halfway.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.