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On'yomi
ハイ
HAI
Kun'yomi
すた.れる・すた.る
sutareru / sutaru

abolish · obsolete · cessation · discarding · abandon

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Strokes12
Frequency#698
Radical广dotted cliff(3)

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Component Breakdown

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广

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