Kanji
N1 13 strokes Grade 8 freq #901

abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

disposal; abandonment
abandonment; giving up
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right)
abandonment; renouncement
abandonment; desertion
rejection; dismissal
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction
desperation; despair
desperation; despair
waste matter; waste

Example sentences

The factory decided to do away with the old machinery.

They have demanded that all copies of the book be destroyed.

There were two abstentions.

When it was time to vote, he abstained.