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abolish

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingハイ

Kun readingすた.れる、すた.る

JLPT level: N1 Jōyō Grade 8

Meanings

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
abandon
cessation
discarding
obsolete

disposal
abandonment
scrapping
abolition

Radicals and components

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Components

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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

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

廃るすたる

to go out of use

廃苑はいえん

neglected garden

廃山はいざん

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

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