Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 棄

棄

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Meaning

 abandon, discard

Pronunciation

 KI
suteru

Explanation

 From top: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), broom standing upright, tree 木 (broom = 帚)

Mnemonic

A newborn child is swept with a broom under a tree and abandoned.

Radicals

new born baby(Character of 子, but upside down: The child comes at the birth with head first.)
木 tree
帚 broom
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Vocabulary

棄却 ききゃく rejection, dismissal, abandoning
廃棄 はいき annullment, disposal, abandon, scrap
棄権 きけん abstain from voting, renunciation of a right
破棄 はき revocation, annulment, breaking (e.g. treaty)
棄てる すてる throw away, sling. suspend, sacrifice

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