廃

ONはい

KUNすたれる

Meanings

abolishdiscarddisuseruinwaste

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How to remember

Imagine a once-grand building (`广`) now completely `empty` and `abandoned`, as if its essence has `departed` (`発`) from within it, leaving it in ruin.

Vocabulary

廃止はいし

abolition, repeal

廃棄はいき

disposal, abandonment

廃墟はいきょ

ruins, abandoned building

廃れるすたれる

to go out of fashion, to become obsolete

荒廃こうはい

devastation, ruin

Related kanji

止捨滅崩棄荒