廃
廃 — Abolish
abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
On’yomiハイ (hai)
Kun’yomiすたれる (sutareru)
Kun’yomiすたる (sutaru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 廃
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廃棄 | はいき haiki | disposal; abandonment; scrapping |
| 廃止 | はいし haishi | abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation |
| 廃案 | はいあん haian | rejected bill (project) |
| 撤廃 | てっぱい teppai | annulment; abolition; repeal |
| 全廃 | ぜんぱい zenpai | total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal |
| 廃絶 | はいぜつ haizetsu | abolition; elimination; extinction |
Study notes
廃 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #698 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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