弃(qì)

HSK 57 strokesTrad. 棄

to abandon

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Character information

Pinyin
qì
Meaning
to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
棄

Origin & structure

Where 弃 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿳亠厶廾

Two hands 廾 discarding a dead, swaddled baby 亠厶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亠tóu厶sī廾gǒng

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write 弃 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 弃

Common words using 弃 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fàng放qì弃
HSK 5

to renounce; to abandon; to give up

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diū丢qì弃
HSK 7-9

to discard; to abandon

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xián嫌qì弃
HSK 7-9

to regard with disdain; to shun

Open 嫌弃 page →
pāo抛qì弃
HSK 7-9

to abandon

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gē割qì弃

to discard; to abandon; to give (sth) up

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yàn厌qì弃

to spurn; to reject

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bù不lí离bù不qì弃

to stand by (sb) (idiom)

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diū丢kuī盔qì弃jiǎ甲

(idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat

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丑丢乏乘乙亏享仔

From 弃’s common words

放丢嫌抛割厌不离

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