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廃

Obsolete
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingハイ
Kun readingすた.れる、すた.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 36

Verbs with «廃»

廃止する廃棄する

Meanings

  1. obsolete
  2. abandon
  3. abolishRtK
    彼は死刑の廃止を主張した。He advocated abolishing the death penalty.tatoeba
    彼は階級差別の廃止を主張した。He advocated abolishing class distinctions.tatoeba
  4. cessation
  5. discarding
  1. abandoned
  2. out-of-use
  3. abolished
  4. decommissioned

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · dicharge · teepee · wigwam · two (二) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1841

Compound words

廃止するはいしする
to abolition
荒廃こうはい
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
全廃ぜんぱい
total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal
撤廃てっぱい
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
廃棄はいき
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding; abolition
廃墟はいきょ
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
廃業はいぎょう
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
廃坑はいこう
closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine
廃材はいざい
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
廃止はいし
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
廃絶はいぜつ
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
退廃たいはい
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; corruption; degeneration
廃案はいあん
rejected bill (project)
存廃そんぱい
maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence
廃棄物はいきぶつ
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
退廃的たいはいてき
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
改廃かいはい
reform and (or) abolition
徹廃てっぱい
annulment
廃るすたる
to go out of use
廃苑はいえん
neglected garden
廃山はいざん
abandoned mine
廃社はいしゃ
abandoned Shinto shrine
廃城はいじょう
abandoned castle
廃線はいせん
closed railway line

Additional Examples

彼は廃屋に隠れた。
He hid in an abandoned building.tatoeba
彼は社長がその部門の廃止を決定したことを知らなかった。
He wasn't conscious of the president's decision to drop the line.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Abolish, fall into disuse. 广 (building) + 発 — an abandoned building. 廃止 — abolition.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 廃

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