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廃: abolish, obsolete

Also: cessation, discarding, abandon

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

广 carries the meaning · 発 gives the sound

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハイhai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 廃棄はいきdisposal; abandonment; scrapping
  • 廃止はいしabolition; discontinuance; discontinuation
  • 廃案はいあんrejected bill (project)
  • 撤廃てっぱいannulment; abolition; repeal
  • 全廃ぜんぱいtotal abolition; full phase-out
  • 廃絶はいぜつabolition; elimination
  • 荒廃こうはいruin; destruction; devastation
  • 廃業はいぎょうdiscontinuation (of business); closing down

Also read すたれる, すたる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape.”
More in the 广 slant roof story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
广

Also built on slant roof (广)

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Also read ハイ

10 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 废 · traditional 廢 · fèi

Three different forms: Japanese 廃, simplified 废, traditional 廢.

Simplified
废 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
廢 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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