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捨 means 'throw away'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 877   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-10    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 44    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 84 words   Used in 75 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シャ
Kun
   てる to throw away
⿰   () hand   house  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 捨 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 捨 is used 80 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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シャ : 12 words FIND ALL
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choice; option; rejection or adoption
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てる : 66 words FIND ALL
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
2. to abandon; to desert; to leave
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てる (read as ず) : 2 words FIND ALL
to overlook; to ignore; to pass over
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An additional 4 less common words include 捨 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 894 (originally: 883)  Joy o' Kanji : 883  Key to Kanji: 461 

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シャ   すてる to throw away   
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hand
シャ    house, hut, barracks   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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