Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice

Kunyomi: す.てる

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キケン abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)

キキャク rejection, dismissal, turning down, abandoning, renunciation

トウキ abandonment, giving up, throwing away, disposal, dumping

イキ abandonment, desertion

Kunyomi Examples

捨てる すてる to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign