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Kanji Information Sheet for 捨 ( PDF version )


English: discard throw away abandon resign reject sacrifice	On-Yomi: シャ	Kun-Yomi: す.てる

Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand

Henshall Mnemonic: find abandoned hand in one's quarters!

Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #1266 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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JLPT N4 Words

捨てる [すてる]
(v1) to throw away; to cast aside; to abandon; to resign [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

四捨五入 [ししゃごにゅう]
(n,vs) rounding up (esp. fractions) [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

取捨 [しゅしゃ]
(n) choice; option; rejection or adoption [K] [D] [Jisho]
捨て子 [すてご]
(n) abandoned child; foundling [K] [D] [Jisho]
切り捨て [きりすて]
(n) (historical) using people of low rank as sword fodder; omission; rounding down [K] [D] [Jisho]
切り捨てる [きりすてる]
(v1) to truncate; to cut down; to omit; to discard; to slay; to cast away [K] [D] [Jisho]
姥捨て [うばすて]
(n) the practice of abandoning old w [K] [D] [Jisho]
姥捨て山 [うばすてやま]
mountain where old women were aband [K] [D] [Jisho]
見捨てる [みすてる]
(v1) to abandon; to fail; to desert [K] [D] [Jisho]
呼び捨て [よびすて]
(n) addressing someone by last name only; without affixing "san" [K] [D] [Jisho]
使い捨て [つかいすて]
(n) throwaway; disposable [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 捨 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.