漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
捨: discard, throw away
Also: abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
JLPT N211 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 舎 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シャsha · on'yomi · in compounds
- 四捨五入ししゃごにゅうrounding up (fractions)
- 取捨選択しゅしゃせんたくdecision to adopt or reject
すてるsuteru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 捨てるすてるthrow away
- 見捨てるみすてるabandon
- 捨て子すてごabandoned child; foundling
- 使い捨てつかいすてthrowaway; disposable; single-use
- 切り捨てきりすてcutting a person down (without a second…
- 呼び捨てよびすてaddressing (someone) without using a…
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 舍 · traditional, as in Japanese · shě, shè
Japan keeps the traditional form 捨; mainland China simplifies it to 舍.
- Simplified
- 舍 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 捨 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shě, shè most common readings
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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