棄

See also: 弃

棄 U+68C4, 棄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68C4 ← 棃 [U+68C3] CJK Unified Ideographs 棅 → [U+68C5]

Translingual

Han character

棄 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8 in Chinese, 木+9 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 卜戈廿木 (YITD), four-corner 0090₄, composition ⿳𠫓丗木)

Derived characters

• 𠾍, 𣙆, 𮑒, 𭗦

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14913
• Dae Jaweon: page 920, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1237, character 7
• Unihan data for U+68C4

Chinese

trad.		棄
simp.		弃
alternative forms		弆 甭 弃 ancient form

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 棄
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 子 (“child”) + 𠀠 (“basket”) + 廾 (“two hands”) - throwing out a child in a basket. 子 was often inverted as 𠫓.

In the oracle bone script form, 子 may appear with dots on either side of its head and body, perhaps representing amniotic fluid or dust.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	棄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	詰利切
Baxter	khjijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiH/
Li Rong	/kʰiH/
Wang Li	/kʰiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	棄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qì
Middle Chinese	‹ khjijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]i[t]-s/
English	throw away, abandon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	棄
Reading #	1/1
No.	10171
Phonetic component	棄
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	棄
Old Chinese	/*kʰlids/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hi / khi
• Eastern Min (BUC): ké
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
    • Yale: chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei³
    • Yale: hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi / khi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi / ki
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ / ki⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵/, /kʰi⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ké
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì
    • Tâi-lô: khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi
    • MiniDict: chi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjijH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]i[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰlids/

Definitions

棄

1. to abandon; to discard; to reject
2. a surname

Compounds

• 不棄／不弃 (bùqì)
• 不棄糟糠／不弃糟糠 (bùqìzāokāng)
• 丟棄／丢弃 (diūqì)
• 丟盔棄甲／丢盔弃甲
• 人棄我取／人弃我取
• 前功皆棄／前功皆弃
• 前功盡棄／前功尽弃 (qiángōngjìnqì)
• 厭棄／厌弃 (yànqì)
• 吐棄／吐弃 (tǔqì)
• 唾棄／唾弃 (tuòqì)
• 噬指棄薪／噬指弃薪
• 天人共棄／天人共弃
• 如棄敝屣／如弃敝屣 (rúqìbìxǐ)
• 始亂終棄／始乱终弃 (shǐluànzhōngqì)
• 委棄／委弃
• 嫌棄／嫌弃 (xiánqì)
• 屏棄／屏弃 (bǐngqì)
• 帷蓋不棄／帷盖不弃
• 廢棄／废弃 (fèiqì)
• 廢棄物／废弃物
• 得新棄舊／得新弃旧
• 憐新棄舊／怜新弃旧
• 扔棄／扔弃 (rēngqì)
• 拋妻棄子／抛妻弃子 (pāoqīqìzǐ)
• 拋戈棄甲／抛戈弃甲
• 拚棄／拚弃
• 拋棄／抛弃 (pāoqì)
• 拋金棄鼓／抛金弃鼓
• 捐棄／捐弃 (juānqì)
• 捐棄成見／捐弃成见
• 捨棄／舍弃 (shěqì)
• 揚棄／扬弃 (yángqì)
• 撇棄／撇弃 (piēqì)
• 摒棄／摒弃 (bìngqì)
• 播棄／播弃
• 擯棄／摈弃 (bìnqì)
• 放棄／放弃 (fàngqì)
• 故舊不棄／故旧不弃 (gùjiùbùqì)
• 明棄暗取／明弃暗取
• 棄世／弃世 (qìshì)
• 棄之可惜／弃之可惜
• 棄井／弃井
• 棄保潛逃／弃保潜逃 (qìbǎoqiántáo)
• 棄兒／弃儿 (qì'ér)
• 棄厭／弃厌
• 棄取／弃取
• 棄大就小／弃大就小
• 棄如弁髦／弃如弁髦
• 棄婦／弃妇 (qìfù)
• 棄嫌／弃嫌 (qìxián)
• 棄嬰／弃婴 (qìyīng)
• 棄守／弃守 (qìshǒu)
• 棄官歸田／弃官归田
• 棄官歸鄉／弃官归乡 (qì guān guī xiāng)
• 棄市／弃市 (qìshì)
• 棄弓折箭／弃弓折箭
• 棄捐／弃捐
• 棄捨／弃舍
• 棄擲／弃掷
• 棄文就武／弃文就武
• 棄暗投明／弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
• 棄本逐末／弃本逐末
• 棄械／弃械 (qìxiè)
• 棄權／弃权 (qìquán)
• 棄武修文／弃武修文
• 棄武競文／弃武竞文
• 棄物／弃物
• 棄瑕取用／弃瑕取用
• 棄瑕錄用／弃瑕录用
• 棄璧負嬰／弃璧负婴
• 棄甲／弃甲
• 棄甲拋戈／弃甲抛戈
• 棄甲曳兵／弃甲曳兵
• 棄短取長／弃短取长
• 棄筆／弃笔
• 棄絕／弃绝 (qìjué)
• 棄置／弃置 (qìzhì)
• 棄義背理／弃义背理
• 棄背／弃背
• 棄舊圖新／弃旧图新 (qìjiùtúxīn)
• 棄舊憐新／弃旧怜新
• 棄舊換新／弃旧换新 (qìjiùhuànxīn)
• 棄若敝屣／弃若敝屣 (qìruòbìxǐ)
• 棄觚／弃觚
• 棄言／弃言
• 棄車保帥／弃车保帅 (qìjūbǎoshuài)
• 棄過圖新／弃过图新
• 棄邪從正／弃邪从正
• 棄邪歸正／弃邪归正
• 棄養／弃养 (qìyàng)
• 毀棄／毁弃
• 淪棄／沦弃
• 神怒人棄／神怒人弃
• 終軍棄繻／终军弃𦈡
• 絕仁棄義／绝仁弃义
• 絕聖棄智／绝圣弃智 (juéshèngqìzhì)
• 絕聖棄知／绝圣弃知
• 背信棄義／背信弃义 (bèixìnqìyì)
• 背棄／背弃 (bèiqì)
• 自暴自棄／自暴自弃 (zìbàozìqì)
• 自棄／自弃 (zìqì)
• 蔑棄／蔑弃
• 見棄／见弃 (jiànqì)
• 許由棄瓢／许由弃瓢
• 遐棄／遐弃
• 遺棄／遗弃 (yíqì)
• 遺棄罪／遗弃罪
• 遺珠棄璧／遗珠弃璧
• 鄙棄／鄙弃 (bǐqì)
• 離棄／离弃 (líqì)
• 黃鐘毀棄／黄钟毁弃
• 黃鐘長棄／黄钟长弃

 

References

• “棄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 棄

棄

(Jōyō kanji)

1. discard, throw out, throw away

Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: すてる (suteru, 棄てる)

Compounds

Compounds

• 放棄(ほうき) (hōki), 抛棄(ほうき) (hōki): abandonment, giving up; renunciation

Korean

Hanja

棄 (eumhun 버릴 기 (beoril gi))

1. hanja form^? of 기 (“reject, abandon, discard”)

Vietnamese

Han character

棄: Hán Nôm readings: khí

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