棄

Glyph origin
- throwing out a child in a basket. 子 was often inverted as 𠫓.

In the oracle bone script form, 子 may appear with dots on either side of its head and body, perhaps representing amniotic fluid or dust.

Definitions

 * 1) to abandon; to discard; to reject

Kanji

 * 1) discard, throw out, throw away

Compounds

 * , : abandonment, giving up; renunciation