廃 – abolish, obsolete, cessation

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#698 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 廃 means abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハイ (hai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すた.れる、すた.る (sutareru, sutaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハイ	hai
Kun’yomi	すた.れる	sutareru
Kun’yomi	すた.る	sutaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 二・儿・广・癶.

Words using 廃

荒廃こうはいruin廃棄はいきdisposal廃止はいしabolition

Example sentences

その国は戦争で荒廃してしまった。

The country was wasted by war.

Tatoeba #210588

もう一つの面白いエネルギー源は、放射能の廃棄物質から取り出せる熱である。

Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.

Tatoeba #194350

アメリカは奴隷制を廃止した。

America did away with slavery.

Tatoeba #230164

Kanji with the same radical

度府広店座康庁庭庫底序床庶廊庇

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