捨

音読おんよみ: シャ

訓読くんよみ:てる

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 扌(てへん)

Meaning

Discard / Abandon / Throw Away

  • 見捨みすてる — to abandon (someone)
  • 取捨選択しゅしゃせんたく — selection (adopt or discard)
  • 捨石すていし — sacrificial pawn (decoy)
  • — dumping site
  • — sacrifice

The character combines 扌 ("hand") with 舍 ("house, abandon"), suggesting the act of physically releasing or letting go of something — whether literal or metaphorical.

ゴミめられたてましょう。
Let’s throw out the garbage on the designated day.

ゆめてたくない。
I don’t want to give up on my dream.

石
Creates
  • 捨石すていし — sacrificial pawn (decoy)
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