Japanese symbol for “discarding”
廃棄
はいき
Romaji: haiki
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding
In Japanese, discarding is 廃棄, read はいき (haiki).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition
- n, vs, vt annulment; cancellation; abrogation; repeal
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “discarding”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お払い箱 | おはらいばこ oharaibako | discarding; throwing away; getting rid of |
| 放下 | ほうか houka | discarding; abandoning |
| 没却 | ぼっきゃく bokkyaku | ignoring; losing sight of (an objective); discarding |
| お役御免 | おやくごめん oyakugomen | discarding; throwing away; becoming useless |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廃止 | はいし haishi | abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation |
| 廃絶 | はいぜつ haizetsu | abolition; elimination |
| 撤廃 | てっぱい teppai | annulment; abolition; repeal |
| 退廃 | たいはい taihai | (moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence |
| 荒廃 | こうはい kouhai | ruin; destruction; devastation |
| 放棄 | ほうき houki | abandonment; renouncement; renunciation |
| 破棄 | はき haki | tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction |
| 棄権 | きけん kiken | abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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