捨
捨 — Discard
discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
On’yomiシャ (sha)
Kun’yomiすてる (suteru)
Stroke order (11 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 捨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使い捨て | つかいすて tsukaisute | throwaway; disposable; single-use |
| 見捨てる | みすてる misuteru | to abandon; to fail; to desert |
| 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; rounding off (views) |
| 捨てる | すてる suteru | to throw away; to cast away; to dump |
| 捨て子 | すてご sutego | abandoned child; foundling |
Study notes
捨 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1266 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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