What is the Kanji for "Abolish", "Useless", and "Obsolete"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Abolish", "Useless", and "Obsolete", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Abolish", "Useless", and "Obsolete" is "廃".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Suta".

Its onyomi reading is "Hai".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "广" means "Dotted cliff" . And The kanji "発" means "Departure" and can be read as "Hatsu" and "Hotsu".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "廃" mean in japanese?

"廃" means "Abolish", "Useless", and "Obsolete".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

廃棄: "Disposal" or "Abandonment". The Japanese noun '廃棄 (はいき)' means 'disposal' or 'abandonment'. It refers to the act of discarding, disposing of, or getting rid of something, often in an environmentally responsible way. It can be used to describe the disposal of waste, old items, or things that are no longer needed or wanted. For example: The company properly disposed of the toxic waste - (その会社は有害廃棄物を適切に廃棄した). The government should have a plan for the disposal of nuclear waste - (政府は核廃棄物の廃棄計画を持つべきだ).

廃止: "Abolish" or "Discontinue". The Japanese verbal noun '廃止 (はいし)' means 'to abolish' or 'to discontinue'. This word is used to describe the act of formally ending or stopping something, such as a law, regulation, program, or system. It suggests the complete removal or termination of the thing being abolished. For example: The government has decided to abolish the old tax system - (政府は古い税制度を廃止することを決めた). The company has discontinued its product line - (その企業は製品ラインを廃止した).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "す" is read as "su". And The hiragana "た" is read as "ta".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.