Hanja Analyzer
捨

捨 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
버릴 사
Romanization
sa
English
discard, give up willingly; give alms
Mandarin
shě
Japanese on'yomi
シャ
Japanese kun'yomi
す.てる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#1,266 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+6368

Parts that make up 捨

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 舎

How 捨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 捨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 舍.

Korean example words with 捨

  • 사토捨土 Korean gloss: 쓸모가 없어서 버려지는 흙
  • 사석捨石 Korean gloss: 바둑에서, 버릴 셈 치고 작전상 놓은 돌
  • 희사喜捨 Korean gloss: 신불(神佛)의 일로 돈이나 물건을 기부함
  • 취사하다取捨 Korean gloss: 쓸 것은 쓰고 버릴 것은 버리다
  • 희사금喜捨金 Korean gloss: 어떤 목적을 위하여 기꺼이 내놓은 돈
  • 희사함喜捨函 Korean gloss: 예불하는 사람의 보싯돈을 받기 위하여 불전(佛前)에 놓아두는 함
  • 사철捨撤 Korean gloss: 베풀어 줌.
  • 용사用捨 Korean gloss: 취하여 쓰거나 내버림.
  • 사리捨離 Korean gloss: 모든 것을 버리고 집착하지 않아 번뇌에서 떠나는 일.
  • 사신捨身 Korean gloss: 수행과 보은을 위하여 속계의 몸을 버리고 불가에 들어감.
  • 사각捨覺 Korean gloss: 불도 수행에서, 바깥세상의 모든 환경에 대한 집착심을 버리는 지혜.
  • 사수捨受 Korean gloss: ‘불고불락수’를 달리 이르는 말. 고락의 감각을 모두 버린다는 뜻이다.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 捨

  • 使い捨てつかいすて throwaway; disposable; single-use
  • 切り捨てきりすて cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves
  • 切り捨てるきりすてる to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard
  • 捨て身すてみ putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
  • 投げ捨てるなげすてる to throw away
  • 見捨てるみすてる to abandon; to fail; to desert
  • 呼び捨てよびすて addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
  • 捨て石すていし ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones
  • 掛け捨てかけすて fixed-term payment (usu. insurance); stopping payment of installments (usu. insurance)
  • 乗り捨てるのりすてる to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
  • 四捨五入ししゃごにゅう rounding (off; a number); rounding half away from zero; rounding off (views)
  • 取捨しゅしゃ adoption or rejection; selection; choice

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 手

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