Kanji N1

廃: abolish, obsolete, cessation

廃 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning abolish, obsolete, cessation, written with 12 strokes. It is read ハイ (on) and すたれる, すたる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 廃棄 (はいき, disposal) and 廃止 (はいし, abolition).

廃

Meanings

  • abolish
  • obsolete
  • cessation
  • discarding
  • abandon
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#698 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • すたれる
  • すたる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 廃

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 廃棄はいき

    disposal; abandonment; scrapping; discarding

    JLPT N1
  • 廃止はいし

    abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation

    JLPT N1
  • 荒廃こうはい

    ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

    JLPT N1
  • 廃れるすたれる

    to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out

    JLPT N1
  • 廃案はいあん

    rejected bill (project)

  • 撤廃てっぱい

    annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

  • 全廃ぜんぱい

    total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal

  • 廃絶はいぜつ

    abolition; elimination

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.