Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

698 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon

Kunyomi: すた.れる すた.る

Onyomi: ハイ

Composition: 广

Radical

Radical: 广

Meaning: house on cliff

广

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ハイキ disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition, annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal

ハイアン rejected bill (project)

退 タイハイ (moral) decay, (social) decline, decadence, corruption, degeneration, deterioration, decline (in prosperity)

カイハイ reform and (or) abolition, alteration or repeal, revision, reorganization, reorganisation

Kunyomi Examples

れる すたれる to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style, to decline (e.g. of morals), to be lost, to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

すたる to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style, to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.), to be harmed, to be sullied