Japanese symbol for “wtf”

廃棄物処理施設

はいきぶつしょりしせつ

Romaji: haikibutsushorishisetsu

waste treatment facility; WTF; waste disposal and treatment facility

In Japanese, wtf is 廃棄物処理施設, read はいきぶつしょりしせつ (haikibutsushorishisetsu).

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Meanings

n waste treatment facility; WTF; waste disposal and treatment facility

Kanji and stroke order

廃

abolish, obsolete, cessation

on: ハイ
kun: すた.れる、すた.る

12 strokes · JLPT 1

棄

abandon, throw away, discard

on: キ
kun: す.てる

13 strokes · JLPT 1

物

thing, object, matter

on: ブツ、モツ
kun: もの、もの-

8 strokes · JLPT 3

処

dispose, manage, deal with

on: ショ
kun: ところ、-こ、お.る

5 strokes · JLPT 2

理

logic, arrangement, reason

on: リ
kun: ことわり

11 strokes · JLPT 3

施

give, bestow, perform

on: シ、セ
kun: ほどこ.す

9 strokes · JLPT 1

設

establishment, provision, prepare

on: セツ
kun: もう.ける

11 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
廃止	はいし haishi	abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation
廃棄	はいき haiki	disposal; abandonment; scrapping
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
動物	どうぶつ doubutsu	animal
処理	しょり shori	processing; dealing with; treatment
理由	りゆう riyuu	reason; grounds; pretext
施設	しせつ shisetsu	facility; facilities; institution
設定	せってい settei	establishment; creation; posing (a problem)