捨 — kanji meaning “discard”
捨
discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
- Meanings
- discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
- On'yomi
- シャ (sha)
- Kun'yomi
- す.てる
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1266 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 64
- Chinese reading
- shě, shè — Chinese character page
Words with 捨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使い捨て | つかいすて tsukaisute | throwaway; disposable; single-use |
| 捨てる | すてる suteru | to throw away; to cast away; to dump |
| 見捨てる | みすてる misuteru | to abandon; to fail; to desert |
| 切り捨て | きりすて kirisute | cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves |
| 呼び捨て | よびすて yobisute | addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite) |
| 四捨五入 | ししゃごにゅう shishagonyuu | rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero |
| 捨て身 | すてみ sutemi | putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation |
| 取捨 | しゅしゃ shusha | adoption or rejection; selection; choice |
| 捨て子 | すてご sutego | abandoned child; foundling |
| 捨て石 | すていし suteishi | ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock |
| 捨離 | しゃり shari | abandoning all worldly desires |
| ポイ捨て | ポイすて poisute | littering; (carelessly) tossing away |
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