棄 abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice 13 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #901 in newspapers Readings Onキ Kunす.てる In Chinese 弃, traditional 棄 Words written with it 廃棄 はいき disposal N1 投棄 とうき abandonment 放棄 ほうき abandonment N1 棄権 きけん abstention (from voting) N1 遺棄 いき abandonment 棄却 ききゃく rejection 破棄 はき tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents) N1 廃棄物 はいきぶつ waste matter 自暴自棄 じぼうじき desperation