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廃 = 广 + 発

廃 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “abolish”. It is built from 广 (cave) and 発 (discharge). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1841.

Keyword
abolish
RTK frame
1841
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すた.れる, すた.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
отменять
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
廃 abrogate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 广 cave
  2. 発 discharge

How to find 廃 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cave” + “discharge”. 廃 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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