Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 發 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
廢
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
廢
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
廢
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
廢
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
廢
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
廢
Regular
Modern
Chinese
废 / 廢 [fèi]
to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust; crippled; abandoned; waste
Korean
폐 [廢]
pye-; A prefix used to mean "unusable" or "already spent."
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (67)
废话 [fèihuà] #1,973
nonsense
废物 [fèiwù] #3,064
rubbish
废弃 [fèiqì] #7,144
to discard
废墟 [fèixū] #8,245
ruins
废除 [fèichú] #10,555
to abolish
作废 [zuòfèi] #17,466
to become invalid
废品 [fèipǐn] #14,362
production rejects
报废 [bàofèi] #18,409
to scrap
废水 [fèishuǐ] #33,061
waste water
颓废 [tuífèi] #16,019
decadent
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JAPANESE WORDS (152)
⭐ 廃墟 [はいきょ] #9,149
ruins (of a building, town, etc.)
⭐ 廃棄 [はいき] #13,812
disposal
⭐ 廃止 [はいし] #16,048
abolition
⭐ 荒廃 [こうはい] #20,059
ruin
廃人 [はいじん] #20,641
cripple
廃屋 [はいおく] #21,322
dilapidated house
⭐ 留める [とどめる] #23,801
to stop
廃れる [すたれる] #24,335
to go out of use
廃部 [はいぶ] #29,950
club disbandment
⭐ 廃業 [はいぎょう] #30,581
discontinuation (of business)
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