捨 means “throw away, abandon”

すてる · suteru

Also: discard, resign

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): すてる
On'yomi (Chinese reading): シャ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 6 · 11 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) beside a cottage (舎): picture someone moving out and tossing what won't fit. 捨てる is to throw away, a careful art in Japan, where each kind of rubbish has its collection day, and 四捨五入, drop four and take in five, is rounding.

Used in 捨てる (suteru, to throw away), ポイ捨て (poisute, littering), and 四捨五入 (shishagonyuu, rounding off)

捨 means “throw away, abandon”

The story

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