捨

音読おんよみ: シャ

訓読くんよみ:てる

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: てへん(扌)

Meaning

Discard / Abandon / Throw Away

  • Basic forms
  • 捨てる — throw away; abandon / base form
  • 捨てます — throw away / masu form
  • 捨てた — threw away / ta form
  • 捨てて — throwing away … / te form
  • 捨てない — do not throw away / negative
  • 捨てれば — if (one) throws away / conditional
  • 捨てろ — throw it away! / imperative
  • Common expressions
  • ゴミを捨てる — throw away trash
  • 諦めて捨てる — give up and abandon it
  • 身を捨てる — risk one’s life; sacrifice oneself
  • More
  • 捨てられる — can throw away; be thrown away / potential / passive
  • 捨てたい — want to throw away / 〜たい form

捨てる(すてる) is an ichidan verb meaning “throw away” or “abandon.” It’s used both for physical things (trash) and abstract things (habits, ideas, attachment).

  • 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.

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