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捨
JLPT N2 SL6 11 strokes Frequency: #1266

Meanings

Discard, Throw Away, Abandon, Resign, Reject, Sacrifice

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌舍

Etymology

Pictophonetic: house

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
3 rising bottom-to-top
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 diagonal right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 vertical right-to-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
10 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シャ sha
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
す su

Words Using This Kanji

95 words total
Other (20 words)
切り捨てられる きりすてられる

can be discarded

捨てる神あれば拾う神あり すてるかみあればひろうかみあり

when one door is shut, another is open

旅の恥はかき捨て たびのはじはかきすて

once over the borders one may do anything

捨て駒 すてごま

sacrificial pawn

捨離 しゃり

abandoning all worldly desires

切り捨て御免 きりすてごめん

right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

使い捨てる つかいすてる

to use and then throw away

捨て山 すてやま

discard pile

呼び捨てにする よびすてにする

to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"

捨て殺し すてごろし

letting someone die without helping

断捨離 だんしゃり

decluttering

捨つ すつ

to throw away

捨万求一 しゃばんきゅういつ

pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others

捨て札 すてふだ

discard

履き捨てる はきすてる

to wear out (shoes or socks) and discard

捨て墓 すてばか

grave for the body of a deceased person

捨てたもんじゃない すてたもんじゃない

nothing to sneeze at

使い捨てコンタクトレンズ つかいすてコンタクトレンズ

disposable contact lenses

使い捨てカメラ つかいすてカメラ

disposable camera

使い捨てコンタクト つかいすてコンタクト

disposable contact lenses