abandon

Pictograph of two hands () putting a child () in a basket () for the purpose of abandoning or disposing with it.

Components
子 iconic component

  Iconic component

zi

  

child

Upside-down form of (child).

其 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

Depicts a basket.

廾 iconic component

  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

棄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
棄 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
棄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
棄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

reject, abandon, discard; to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away

Most common words with 棄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

放弃

to renounce

抛弃

to abandon

to abandon

弃权

to forfeit

遗弃

to leave