to abandon / to relinquish / to discard / to throw away

= + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) made a vow to not wear any hats anymore in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). She thus throws away (弃) her caps (弁) and her berets (亠) by throwing it out of the window into outer space.

弃 character breakdown

"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 亠 looks like a beret. Tecumseh (t) is killing time in the Outhouse's kitchen (ou2) by playing a game. His goal is to blow a petal leaf (丶) into a beret (亠) by blowing air through a flute (一).
(old) cap (garment) / military officer of low rank (in former times) / preceding

= + : Brunhilde (bi) has a cap (弁) sticking in her fake nose (厶) inside the anthill's bathroom (an4) and it's very itchy, but since her hands are cuffed (廾) behind her back, she cannot pull it out.

Characters with 弃 as component

弃 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 弃

to renounce / to abandon / to give up
to leave / to abandon
to abandon / to desert / to renounce
to abandon oneself to despair / to give up and stop bothering
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy
to disdain / to loathe
to relinquish / to abandon
see 食之無味,棄之可惜|食之无味,弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]
lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
to give up evil and return to virtue
to abandon / to let go to waste
to cast away / to reject / to shun / to desert one's post
to abandon wife and children

Sentences with 弃

弃 currently does not appear in any sentence.