弃
棄qì
#1,103 most
frequent character
to abandon, to relinquish, to discard
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
弃 is a picture: two hands 廾 throw away a baby, shown upside down. It first meant leaving a newborn in a basket to abandon them, then simply 'to abandon' and 'to give up.'
Drawn as: hands tossing baby
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