# 棄 — abandon; renounce

棄 means “abandon; renounce”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: キ (ki). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: abandon; renounce
- On'yomi: キ (ki)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Hands at work 2

## How to remember 棄

Parts: 亠 lid · ム elbow; private · 廾 two hands · 川 river · 廿 twenty · 木 tree

## More in the “Hands at work 2” set

[抑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hold-down/) · [繰](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/wind-thread/) · [懸](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/suspend/) · [棄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/abandon/) · [揮](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/brandish/) · [獲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/seize/) · [譲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/yield/) · [握](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/grip/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/abandon/. Last updated 2026-11-01.