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廃
On'yomi
ハイ
HAI
Kun'yomi
すた.れる・すた.る
sutareru / sutaru
abolish · obsolete · cessation · discarding · abandon
Details
Strokes12
Frequency#698
Radical广dotted cliff(3)
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Component Breakdown
廃=
广発
cliff + 発
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of roof and emit. Roof becoming ruined.
Symbolism
Abolition, ruins, devastation. Represents abolishing.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
廃仏毀釈
はいぶつきしゃく
abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era); abolish Buddhism, destroy Shākyamuni (slogan of anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era)
Proverbs & Idioms
廃れたる者は蘇る
すたれたるものはよみがえる
What declines will revive
Things that fall can rise again