ほう
放
き
棄

noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. abandonment, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, abdication, surrender, relinquishing, waiving, giving up.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ほう
放
き
棄
 放棄 ほうき ✔
ほう
抛
き
棄
 抛棄 ほうき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

set free, release, fire
ホウ　ほう.る　はな.す (3rd, N3)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ　かた　なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン　マン　よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
abandon, throw away, discard
キ　す.てる (Late Jr. High, N1)
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
thirty
セイ　セ　ソウ (Kentei 1)
thirty
ソウ　さんじゅう (Kentei 1)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ　ク　にじゅう (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ　セン　か (1st, N5)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)