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Translingual
Etymology
Simplified from 廢 (發 → 発)
Han character
廃 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓人心 (INOP), four-corner 00215, composition ⿸广発)
- abrogate, terminate, discard
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 348, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9425
- Dae Jaweon: page 659, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 894, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5EC3
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 廃 – see 廢 (“to collapse; to abandon; to abrogate; to abolish; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 廢). |
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Japanese
Kanji
廃
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廢)
- abolish, obsolete
- cessation
- discarding, abandon
Readings
Etymology
| Alternative spelling
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| 廢 (kyūjitai)
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From Sinitic. Shortening of 廃人 (haijin), a back-formation from ネトゲ廃人 (netoge haijin, “slang: online games addict”).
Suffix
廃 • (-hai)
- (slang) addict
See also